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Experimenting with New
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Modern Poets
Robert Clark
Modernist poets such as E.E. Cummings, Wallace Stevens, and T.S. Eliot changed the face of American poetry by destroying the notion that American culture is far inferior to European culture. These and other American poets accomplished the feat of defining an American poetic style in the Modern Era by means of a truly American idea. That idea is the melting pot. Just as American culture exists as a mixture of races, beliefs, and ideas, the new American style of poetry exists as a mixture of old English styles with a new concept of the international style. Modern poets experiment with language, theme, and convention to "cleanse language and culture of old and worn-out meanings, and introduce to poetry what is American in thought, sensibility, perception, observation, and diction [. . .]. [T]hey become exemplary of the modern endeavors of consciousness itself" (McQuade 1241).
An important event that caused so many Modernist American poets to invoke the international style was the "expatriate immigration." Many American writers, artists, and musicians left for Europe, looking for new inspiration and fresh starts. Among those emigrating were Eliot, Pound, Hughes, Cummings, and Frost. Once in Europe, there writers were exposed to the new avant-garde art and poetry taking place there. At this time, the writers began to draw inspiration from and to imitate European writers. T. S. Eliot began to imitate the topics and tones of the French poets Charles Bauldelaire and Jules LaForgue, the latter for his bourgeoisie satire. Eliot's poetry written while in Europe displayed a satire that was foreign to American readers. Such is seen in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in which he mocks the shallow conversations about Michelangelo that are taking place among the wealthy women of the social gatherings. Pound was showing influence from the fourteenth-century Italian poets such as Guido Cavalcanti. In their works that follow their time in Europe, both Eliot and Pound display a hybridization of English and French and Italian ideas. Cummings began to imitate French Modernist poets Guillaume Apollinaire and Stephane Mallarmé. He also adopted an aesthetic based on the manifestos of French Surrealists and Dadaists, who "detached literature from referential meaning and linked it to experimental play" (McQuade 1235). Such experimental play is seen in Cummings' poem "[she being brand]" in which the creatively formed words and syntax give the image of a young man's thoughts, feelings, and actions upon driving his new car: "again slo-wly; bare,ly nudg. ing" (Cummings 15). The use of punctuation gives a vivid image of his thoughts as he carefully puts the stiff transmission into gear. Into another Cummings poem, "[in Just-]," we see more experimental play with the words to create the impression of the way excited children talk: "and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and its spring" (Cummings 6).
Wallace Stevens was influenced by French poetry and art. Stevens often intertwined French and English in sentences, as in the line from "The Plain Sense of Things": "We had come to an end of the imagination / Inanimate in an inert savoir" (Stevens 4-5). Stevens' style seemed to imitate the French symbolists—abrupt, nonchalant, sometimes serious, sometimes philosophical, sometimes satirical, and sometimes humorous. Such mood swings can be observed in "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," in which Stevens explores thirteen contrasting perspectives of looking at a blackbird.
The key ingredient with which Modernist American poets experiment is theme. The addition of the international influence gave American poetry a wider perspective on the world. However, the common American reader did not stand ready to address those new themes. Rather, the common reader had inherited the tradition of poetry as a moral and instrumental tool as opposed to having aesthetic value. (That is not to say that there was no aesthetic quality in poetry with a moral or educational value.) As Modernist poets began to address many new themes in new ways, the gap was widened between the poet and the common reader. Longfellow, a household name and fireside poet for years, had never littered his poetry with vague allusions and elevated language such as the Modernist poets did. In fact, Longfellow had always been careful to explain any allusions that he might have made in his poetry. Yet, new styles in poets such as Eliot and Pound arose with vague and obscure allusions. They [. . .] scattered bits of literary and historical past over the page and expected the reader to act as archaeologist, piecing together the fragments of a ruined culture" (McQuade 1238). Common readers seemed to identify more with Frost and Cummings, whom they viewed as more accessible, brief, and explicit. "Yet the public simplified both poets, seeking the sage more than the skeptic in Frost and preferring the sentimental to the satiric Cummings" (McQuade 1238). Some poets did dissent to this heady style of addressing new themes. William Carlos Williams and Hart Crane strove to treat American scenes in colloquial language. However, Modernist American poetry at this time becomes almost exclusively for the educated.
America had been known as an isolationist country, not involved in the rest of the world's affairs. Its artists began to become involved in the country's affairs, though, which immersed them more into the culture. Many of the poets became politically affiliated at this time. Eliot declared himself a Royalist, Pound a Fascist, Frost and Stevens Republicans, and southern writers became Democrats. "All of the Modernist poets, by their interest in the social fabric and its intellectual base, enlarged the range of topics considered appropriate to poetry" (McQuade 1239). The increased interest in the affairs of their country and the plights of their people caused poets to question the country's purpose, politics, and cultural mainstays such as religion. Stevens and Eliot use anthropological and archaeological methods to explore the Western sustaining myths in poems such as "Sunday Morning" by Stevens, and The Waste Land by Eliot. Pre-Raphaelite poetry often praised God for the earth's beauty while being lyrical and inward looking. Now Eliot discussed scenes from a sordid low-class pub in The Waste Land and meaningless relations based on sexual encounters in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Williams documents scenes from the urban underclass such as in "To Elsie":
The pure products of America
on the ribbed north end of
valleys, its deaf-mutes, thieves
devil-may-care men who have taken
Cummings' satire is strong in "[the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls]" as he complains about the shallow life these wealthy women are living: "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls / are unbeautiful and have comfortable minds." Stevens fills his poetry with philosophical questionings as to the value of progress and technology in "Anecdote of the Jar," in which the spreading ugliness of the expansion of human beings tamed and spoiled the pristine wilderness that had once existed in Tennessee—"It took dominion over everywhere / the jar was gray and bare" (Stevens 8-9). Stevens also questions the meaning of life and life after death in poems such as "A Postcard from the Volcano," where a man long dead from the eruption of a volcano wonders if anyone will ever know that he and his people once existed.
The structure of poetry began to imitate modern visual art by borrowing from the technique of collage, in which many fragments are glued onto a surface, and montage in which one frame is contrasted with the next. In the same way, poets created collages with words, using fragments of thought, and montage by using many contrasting ideas. An example of poetic collage is seen in Cummings' "[r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r]" where the poet uses words and fragments of words in different formation to create the image of a grasshopper jumping around too quickly to be seen for detail.
The need to experiment with the themes treated in American literature came out of dissatisfaction with the current confinement of poetry to a lyrical rhyming scheme with moral or educational theme. There were too many questions to treat that could not be addressed in the "fireside" style. In the same way, the larger society was full of dissatisfaction with its inability to question conventional mainstays. It was a whole generation of poets that reworked language, theme, structure, and convention in poetry to address the social squalors around them. The poets' taking responsibility to shock the society into considering the questioning of a traditional mainstay was not only the dream of Walt Whitman, but was, in a sense, these poets showing a sense of duty to their new poetic style—the American poetic style.
They look to an Emersonian natural transcendence but find that it fails to sustain them. They can settle on no doctrinal or communal form of belief. Each of them [. . .] constructs a world of which the individual is, necessarily, the center and in which human mortality defines a final horizon of expectation.[. . . T]he aesthetic of the poetry is on social, not supernatural, meaning. (McQuade 1242)
So, the end product of the efforts of the modernist poets is an American style of modern poetry, with a new attitude toward language, theme style and convention, and which has a new aesthetic. This new aesthetic eventually leads to the poets' finding a sense of personal freedom, which imitates the overall goal of society at the time—to escape the expectations of a system which no longer works, to break free from the oppression of the social rank-and-file, and to gain true personal freedom.
Works Cited
Cummings, E.E. "[in Just–]." McQuade, et al. 2: 1419.
—. "[she being brand]." McQuade, et al. 2: 1421.
—. "[the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls]." McQuade, et al. 2: 1420.
McQuade, Donald, et al. Ed. The Harper American Literature. 2nd
ed. 2 vols. New
—. "The Literature of Modernism: Poetry 1912-1940." McQuade et al. 2: 1233-1242.
Stevens, Wallace. " Anecdote of the Jar." McQuade, et al. 2: 1279.
—. "The Plain Sense of Things." McQuade, et al. 2: 1286.
Williams, William Carlos. "To Elsie." McQuade, et al. 2: 1304.
Robert Clark, a senior in Musical Education at the time of this writing, wrote this essay for Dr. Barbara Murray's ENGL 2131class during Spring 2001 semester.


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RALEIGH – If you're looking for a new upscale joint to enjoy beer in Raleigh, the newest location of Yard House has opened up in the North Hills area. The upscale beerhouse and restaurant is located next to World of Beer across the street from the North Hills Mall, near the Sparian's bowling center.
The Yard House chain is clearly shooting for the upscale market. With a vast open design, outdoor seating with decorative flames, and a long stainless steel bar, the restaurant does look like something you would see in a large city out in California. Even the bathroom looks like something out of a Frank Lloyd Wright designed house, with post modern design.
Unfortunately, the prices do match the decor and there is somewhat of a sticker shock that you might associate with ordering fare at the RDU airport or in a Los Vegas hotel.
With regular soft drinks or tea listed on the menu at $3 and with a simple chicken wing appetizer priced at around $11, you'd be paying $14 plus tax and tip for a quick drink and a snack. In addition, beer prices are appreciably higher than most other bars in Raleigh. A lot higher. Pints mostly range between $8 and $11 with most "shorty" glasses priced at under $5.
Clearly, the Yard House will not be winning any awards for value drinking or dining on a budget, but they do have a great beer on tap selection of over 130 beers. In addition, they offer half price appetizers on weekdays from 3pm to 6pm, so you can sample some of their fare without breaking the bank. The half price appetizers (not all are included) also run from Sunday to Wednesday nights from 10pm to close.
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State's decision on Judge Adams wasn't sufficient
CORPUS CHRISTI - Agreed, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct has taken some unusually public, harsh steps in dealing with Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams.
Also agreed, Adams' actions that led to the public warning issued last week were not prosecutable and occurred outside his duties as a judge.
The public warning is, as Caller-Times reporter Mark Collette reported Friday, "near the top of the spectrum of possible disciplinary actions."
Near enough?
The decision doesn't remove Adams from the bench, which, as Collette reported, is not just rare but exceedingly so. But the Adams case involves what we fervently hope are exceedingly rare circumstances.
Those circumstances involve a beating he administered to his daughter, Hillary, captured secretly by her on a seven-and-a-half-minute video. Hillary Adams, 16 at the time of the beating, released the video last year on YouTube. Millions of people saw it and, understandably, were outraged and disgusted.
For those who haven't seen it, both the violence and the duration are shocking and appalling. There's no rational, acceptable justification for the beating — he reportedly had caught his daughter downloading illegally. What lesson did he teach her? When attacked, if self-defense isn't an option, at least gather evidence.
The incident wasn't prosecutable because it occurred in 2004 and the statute of limitations had lapsed.
Lawyers who have practiced in Adams' court told the state commission that Adams presided fairly, impartially and knowledgeably. But they also described a pattern of anger and "poor judicial demeanor" toward the lawyers in his courtroom. The commission found his behavior in violation of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, which specifies that judges must be patient, dignified, and act in and outside the courtroom in a way that doesn't call their impartiality into question.
These findings are interesting but, frankly, never needed to be central to the decision the commission should have made. And the irony that Adams presides over a family law court, though disturbing, also isn't the core issue.
The evidence that is most relevant is contained in that YouTube video. Adams' purported fairness and knowledge of the law should be a minimal expectation, but comes as a pleasant surprise in context with the video. And the angry, demeaning demeanor Adams was found to have displayed in the courtroom can be considered only as confirmation of what would be expected of the person in the video.
The point being, what happened in the video was ALL that the commission needed to consider. Judges should meet a high standard of personal conduct and the judicial conduct commission should enforce this high standard. It doesn't take an esteemed panel to see that the person administering the beating in the video doesn't meet the standard and should be removed from the bench.
Any finding short of this comes off as a double standard — the rareness and harshness of the commission's decision notwithstanding. Unfortunately, Adams, who has been on paid suspension since November, could return to the bench if he files a petition with the Texas Supreme Court to lift the suspension. Also, he isn't prevented from running for re-election in 2014, or from serving as a visiting judge after his term ends.
At least, if he runs, the voters can exercise the judgment the commission didn't.
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Thanks for reading! With the exceptions of Neil Patrick Harris and Dan Savage, the notable list were all people I didn't know were homosexual. Nothing political about that.
If I hadn't already known Rachel Maddow or Anderson Cooper were gay, they would have been included in the notable list as well. If anything I'm biased towards Neil Patrick Harris and Dan Savage because I admire their work.
Oh no you di-in'!
It's called a Google Alert and we use them to find stories on individuals of local interest. Mr. Cook is from Robertsdale. Thanks for reading!
Police questioned an individual in December, but no arrest was made. It appears the case is still open.
Thanks for reading and good eye! It's a file image of a Domino's in Pensacola, and yes it's the same one where a driver was stabbed last year. Whether this victim was delivering for the same Domino's is unknown.
I'm tempted to leave 'thing' in there, but alas it is incorrect. Thanks for the heads up.
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Not always easy to type with no feeling in the ring finger, but thanks for the heads up!
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That is just generic file art. There are no pictures of the weapons that I'm aware of.
BTW, I did look for art of SMGs in our system but could only find pictures of policemen firing them on a range.
Thanks for that. Correction made.
Kim Grice's mother, Ann Grice, emailed this photo of her daughter to the Crestview Bulletin as she was being transported to an emergency room.
I've yet to see a breakdown from 1 to x, but if you scroll down the page at the URL below you can filter the ratings by state.
I'll include the details for Auburn and Tuscaloosa as well, beginning with Tuscaloosa for those interested:
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Longitude -87.526
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Brainpower rank (of 483) 192
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Stopped at bachelor's degree 17.80%
Earned graduate and/or professional degree 14.45%
Here are the details for Auburn:
Place Auburn
Type city
State Alabama
Latitude 32.608
Longitude -85.490
Brainpower index 20.724
Brainpower rank (of 483) 30
Population (2009 estimate) 55,439
The following percentages are confined to adults 25 or older.
Dropped out before high school graduation 7.19%
Stopped at high school diploma 14.52%
Stopped at associate degree or attended college but stopped without any degree 21.56%
Stopped at bachelor's degree 29.07%
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I had to look it up, too. This is what Wikipedia had to say about the origin of the word:
"It was invented by Firmin Didot in the world of printing; it was originally a duplicate impression of an original typographical element, used for printing instead of the original."
As the headline writer I would like to point out that is what the copy said, though I admittedly played up the 'retard aliens' part because it sounds funny in today's terms. :)
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Thanks for reading! I'm typically the only person looking at the copy before it goes live. As such, I will make mistakes from time to time. Count on it! If readers ever notice any inaccuracies or wrong information, just make a comment and I will do my best to correct it. I can almost guarantee that at some point in the season (especially with NFL games), I will accidentally have a baseball team playing a basketball team or hockey team. If you're planning to spend the day in front of the tube tomorrow with college football, you will definitely want to check the site in the morning. Have a great first-college-football and holiday weekend!
Thanks for reading. The photo was the only one submitted by the MPD with the police report. It also appears that he was the only one on the entire list who was caught.
Thanks for this. I was thinking the game might be blacked out (on NFL Network) in Mobile. Will update as well.
'Arthur Blank's Atlanta Falcons' doesn't quite have the same ring to it though.
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Inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead, artist extraordinaire, RILEY ROSSMO, interprets stories from three of today's top writers. From KURTIS WIEBE (PETER PANZERFAUST) comes a heartbreaking love story--in this world or the next. JOE KEATINGE (GLORY, HELL YEAH) offers up Day of the Dead 3000. As Ultra Muertos falls at the hands of Mother Slaughter, his grandson takes over the mantle with a death wish for all-out apocalypse! And New York Times bestselling author ALEXANDER GRECIAN (PROOF) tells a tale of ghost children.
Inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead, artist extraordinaire, RILEY ROSSMO (DEBRIS, GREEN WAKE, COWBOY NINJA VIKING, REBEL BLOOD) joins forces with nine different writers over three issues to tell tall tales from beyond the grave! This issue's featured writers are JEFF MARIOTTE (FADE TO BLACK), ED BRISSON (COMEBACK) and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (XENOHOLICS). In this issue: Cartel soldiers visit the pits of Hell, a visitor to Mexico stumbles onto a black mass, and a man heart broken at the loss of his wife is reunited with her beyond the grave.
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PractitionersSally Barmes, John Speirs, Sandra Fraser, Mary CleggBrief explanation of the therapyHere the therapist is required to be an attentive listener in a private and confidential environment to someone who is seeking help. The client may find themselves in a difficult situation with which they are not able to cope and need assistance in seeing things from a different perspective. The counsellor will not judge the client or necessarily give advice; they can help them explore their feelings and consider different parts of their life which may then provide them with a better understanding.Sally Barmes offers one hour of one-to-one counselling using a variety of methods to explore a given situation or state of being.John Speirs offers Person-Centred confidential Counselling sessions which usually last for an hour and can be taken on a weekly basis.
What can the client expect at the appointmentAll our counsellors offer a safe, private space where the client can explore and express their feelings & thoughts without fear of being judged. They will discuss matters with the client and after an initial assessment will suggest a course of action. What will happen in a sessionThe client will be encouraged to explore their issues, feelings and thoughts, and to examine options for taking action. They will also be encouraged to think about their decisions in order to try and provide a clearer understanding of situations.How many sessions should the client need before they see a resultThis will depend on the issues being presented. Sally Barmes deals with both short and long term issues and resolutions.John Speirs usually works to a block of six sessions followed by a review to assess progress although on some occasions this number may not be needed.
Mary Clegg usually sees clients for a minimum of 6 sessions with on-going review. The space between sessions will vary according to the home skills exercises set. She can deal with both short and more long term issues.What can the therapy helpThis type of therapy has been shown to help:
It is advisable to check with individual counsellors which of the above they deal with.Who would benefit from this type of therapyEverybody.Personal recommendation/s from previous client/sAbout John Speirs:"I felt able to say things I have never told to anybody else.""You have saved my life/marriage."
About Mary Clegg:
"Mary has given us a real insight into what was going wrong in our relationship and what we can both do to get things right from now on. For the first time in a long time, I do believe our marriage can be a happy one".
"Mary's advice and expert knowlege has been liberating and in some ways a salvation. She has shown us how we can now work together as a couple, secure in the knowledge that we understand each other better. With Mary's guidance, we have built a greater awareness of what is going on in our relationship. I have permission to be me and we can grow together through difficulties instead of feeling threatened by it. We can now properly fulfil our mantra: live every day to its fullest, as if it were our last".
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There are a few things Fairfax County residents can always count on this time of year: budding flowers, warmer temperatures and Langley tennis dominance among them.
That last item has so far been more reliable this spring than any weather-related trends. The Saxons' varsity boys tennis squad is 10-0, and their young lineup forecasts yet more domination in the coming weeks and years.
Back to headline the Conference 6 juggernaut this year is Kevin Shen, a three-star recruit who burst onto the scene last year as the team's freshman phenom. Shen reached the state singles tournament last season after falling to McLean's Nik Padmanabhan 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in the regional singles final. With nothing but decisive wins so far this season, Shen is looking for more this time around.
"I'm just hoping to top that off this year and just keep doing better as days go by," Shen said.
Shen's killer serve and sound fundamentals helped him stay consistent despite facing older opponents week after week last year. More experience has made him more assertive in 2014, infusing him with a confidence that will be tough for any opponent to overcome as the postseason nears.
"I think he's at his best when he's really moving forward and playing aggressively and offensively," Langley coach Jack Porter said. "When he hits the ball hard and moves forward, he's unbeatable."
Langley junior James Schenck, one of the team's three captains this year, started the season at the No. 1 spot, but Shen overtook him in a challenge match right before spring break. A grinder who thrives on baseline precision and an improved serve, Schenck leads a core of seven juniors who appear poised to make the Saxons even stronger next year. Senior captain Chase Lewis sits behind him at No. 3, while sophomore Hammy Abuhamda thrives in the No. 4 slot.
According to Porter, all four of those guys can beat each other on any given day. That bodes well for a potential playoff matchup against Lake Braddock, whose core of Jacob Daugherty, Alex Nesterovich, Eric Yoo and Long Huynh comprises the only group deep enough to really rival the Saxons in the 6A North Region this year. The Bruins are especially hungry to take out Langley this season, having fallen to the Saxons 5-1 in the regional tournament each of the last three years.
Though they compete in different conferences, Langley's players have enough familiarity with the Bruins to make them ready for the potential rematch.
"We all play each other in USTA," Schenck said. "They're all in the mix, so we know how they are. It's definitely going to be a battle."
One opponent the Saxons don't have to worry about this spring is Jefferson. Northern Region champions four of the last five years, the Colonials will be down in Division 5 when the regional tournament gets going in late May. Langley might not have minded either way, though, as they snapped Jefferson's 22-match win streak with a 5-2 victory against them last month.
Langley's consistency — they've appeared in the region finals each of the last three years — is something to behold, but it all boils down to a simple formula.
"Every year I have only two goals for them," Porter said. "That is, they come out to improve their game, and they have fun. Everything else is a byproduct. We work hard at trying to improve our game. It's a collaborative effort. I don't come in saying it's my way or the highway."
If the Saxons continue at their current pace, that way could lead them toward a state title that has eluded them since 1994.


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Recent Press Releases
Cleveland Kindergarten Students Cast their Vote
Mrs.Dena Cooper's kindergarten class at Cleveland Elementary School took part in the election fun by voting in their own polling station in the classroom on Tuesday, November 6th. They had been learning about the election and had fun casting their own votes. They will need to wait 4 more elections before they can go to the real polls and vote in a Presidential Election.
Maya and Lilly wait in line to vote.
Sheboygan Area School District Press Release
November 28, 2012
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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 18.104.22.168
I am thinking to develop a site about
people, cultures, images, trip guide,
local life style, articles,
blog entries and tips of living
in a specific country (Non-English)
The site is mainly for english audience to view
World Wide.
I simply register a domain name called:
I am just wondering if it make some sense or whether
it is proper to use the word "folks" in my domain name.
Many thanks.
"RuritaniaFolks.tld" sounds like a site created by someone whose English is not particularly good and, if you are appealing to the English market for Ruritania travel, that is likely to be quite a competitive area from the point of view of quality as well as SERPs.
"RuritaniaFolk.tld" would be better, but it also has a certain implication and I would expect that to maybe concentrate more on local customs, daily lives, traditions, etc.
Try thinking about what it is that you want to convey to people and the kind of people you are looking to attract - it might give you ideas for a name.
For example, "I'm looking for people who ------- in Ruritania" or "I'm looking for people who are interested in Ruritania -------". If your chosen country is a large or popular one, you may have to be more creative as thousands of web owners may well have been there before you...
"RuritaniaFolk.tld" would be better, but it also has a certain implication and I would expect that to maybe concentrate more on local customs, daily lives, traditions, etc.
That is right,
My main content will tell some thing,
For instance, life style, customes,images and people.
within the country.
It is for ppl who interested in this country to read before they
wanna travel there.
I thought "Folks" stand for everything for local stuff.
Am I right.
Best regards.
So, Ruritanian folk music or Ruritanian folk dance is fine, but referring to the people of Ruritania as folk somehow suggest to me that the person using the word considers them a quaint and backward people, good for taking photographs of maybe but not, well, like 'us'.
That may not be what is intended, but it is how it sounds to me and I doubt I am alone.
However, where I live, being referred to as 'good folk' is a compliment. (he's good folk) City folk, however, is a slight, as we all know city folk should stay out of the country. ;)
Pinning down a true meaning is difficult. Language is dynamic and meaning changes with geography.
That was simply a folksy expression, used, by him, to differentiate 'us folk' from 'them folk'. He uses 'folks' twelve times in that speech, and only three times in reference to terrorists.
There is nothing inherently bad or disparaging about the word 'folks', as with most words, it is all about context.
After all, it's not what you say, it's what you mean to say...


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Yet, some entrepreneurs in fitness have plenty of success stories incorporating exercise equipment in specific ways.
In Grass Valley, Calif., a group of former psychical education teachers formed a fitness company for older children ages 6 and up called Kick Start Fitness for Kids.
Phyllis Rogers, a partner at Kick Start Fitness for Kids, said the exercise and "exertainment" equipment fills a fitness void for children who don't like traditional sports.
"I can tell you as a former P.E. teacher, out in activity or a game you have 25 percent of those kids engaged," said Rogers, who added the rest of the kids are just not interested, not in shape, or not socially comfortable participating.
Kim McMahon, a parent in Arizona, said her sons, 8-year-old Sam and 11-year-old Sean, have blossomed at the local kids' gym.
Three times a week, the McMahons visit the Fitness Institute and Kids Fitness Institute of Scottsdale, Ariz. which offers kids-size equipment, games like Dance Dance Revolution, bikes hooked up to video games and a staff to direct and occupy the kids age 6-15.
"It's so hot here the kids can't go outside they tend to stay inside more and tend to be obese more," said McMahon.
McMahon said she was especially concerned for her son Sean, who is autistic and not good at social team sports.
"For years I have wished that I could find someplace for him to work out for him it has done a tremendous amount for his self esteem," said McMahon. "He told his friends he goes to the gym. They're looking at him impressed and say 'you work out?' He said 'yeah!'"


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1. spit - noun
· a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Synonym(s): tongue
2. spit - noun
· a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Hypernym(s): secretion
3. spit - noun
· a skewer for holding meat over a fire
Hypernym(s): skewer
4. spit - noun
· the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Synonym(s): spitting, expectoration
Hypernym(s): expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing_out
5. spit - verb
· expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
Synonym(s): ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue
Hypernym(s): expectorate, cough_up, cough_out, spit_up, spit_out
6. spit - verb
· utter with anger or contempt
Synonym(s): spit_out
Hypernym(s): utter, emit, let_out, let_loose
7. spit - verb
· rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
Synonym(s): sprinkle, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
8. spit - verb
· drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
Synonym(s): skewer
Hypernym(s): pin
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With such beautiful weather around the country, summer is the perfect time to go on a national park adventure.
From sandy shores, and majestic views, to hands-on learning and voluntourism fun, America's national parks have everything you could ask for in a vacation!
National parks across the country are hosting a variety of special summer events and activities, and here are a few of our favorites. Happy Planning!
CALIFORNIA – San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park – Go back in time and hop aboard the historic 19th century ship, Balclutha, and learn how the sailors survived the treacherous Cape Horn passage! For more information click here.
KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE/VIRGINIA – Cumberland Gap National Historical Park – Take 183 steps below the surface of the Earth at Gap Cave for a two-hour guided adventure under shimmering stalagmites, remarkable stalactites, and twinkling flowstone. Interact with a little brown bat, a cave salamander, and listen to the whispers of a Civil War soldier in a music room. For more information click here.
MISSOURI – Jefferson National Expansion Memorial – Come and practice yoga under the 630 foot Gateway Arch that watches over the St. Louis City. For more information click here.
NEBRASKA – Homestead National Monument of America – Catch the traveling exhibit "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" while it's in a national park! Learn hands-on how President Abraham Lincoln's strong leadership guided the nation through some of its most challenging years and into a brighter future for all. For more information click here.
NEW JERSEY – Gateway National Recreation Area – Grab a lifejacket and your swimsuit, and join in on the kayaking fun at Great Kills Park! For more information click here.
SOUTH CAROLINA – Ninety Six Historic Site – Walk the actual grounds where two Revolutionary War battles were fought in the tall woods of South Carolina! Go on a one-mile guided hike and learn all about the Cherokee Indians and the Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene's Patriots. For more information click here.
TEXAS – Padre Island National Seashore – Take the whole family to Malaquite Beach and learn how to build a magnificent sand castle from a professional sand sculptor. For more information click here.
WASHINGTON – Mount Rainier National Park – Lend a helping hand and have fun at the same time! Last season, the Comet Falls Trail became so washed-out that the park was forced to close the trail for the majority of the summer. Come out and help restore and improve the Comet Falls Trail! Free camping is available for weekend volunteers. For more information click here.
For more national park inspiration download a free copy of the newly released "The Places Nobody Knows," the third special edition in NPF's Owner's Guide series.


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What a Wonderful Campaign It Will Be
Sometimes there is a campaign that just steals your heart, sticks in your brain and inspires you. The End Petlessness Campaign, developed by Leopold Ketel & Partners and designed by Allan Sanders for the Oregon Humane Society is one such campaign.
Petlessness? What the heck? Instead of humans doing something good for the pets, playing upon guilt to get people into shelters to adopt, this campaign seeks to highlight all the benefits that people receive from owning a pet (backed by scientific facts even!). The problem has been redefined and I love it. The campaign has been so effective in Oregon that it has been in use for over 3 years and is still going strong. Additionally, because the campaign was so endearing, the Humane Society received an unprecedented amount of donated media doubling their exposure!
The campaign involved print, outdoor ads, online ads, radio spots, and television ads. Here are a few examples of the creative. If you want to see more, click here to see all of the print ads. What do you think?
Click here to listen to the radio ad: End Petlessness Radio Ad
And not only did the agency win a Silver Effie, but the results from the campaign were astounding;
"The End Petlessness campaign produced results that far exceeded objectives. Specifically, our achieved rate of adoption for cats increased 3-fold over our goal of 2% (from 85% to 91%) and our achieved rate of adoption for small animals increased 2-fold over our goal of 3% (from 90% to 96%). We maintained our already incredibly high rate of 98% for dog adoptions and our overall adoption rate increased 6%, from 90% to 96%.
We were also successful in increasing both online and in person visitors as well as new donors. The number of daily visitors to the Humane Society's website increased 45% to 6,619 visitors a day. In person visits to the Humane Society were up 9% with over 187,000 people visiting the facility, an average of 523 people every day. Monetary contributions were received from 4,217 new donors in 2007, more than triple the 1,262 new donors in 2006. Donations are up as well. Web donations soared 20% to over $270,000 and the yearly telethon netted just under $270,000, a 15.6% increase"
Now there are some great numbers resulting from great media and an excellent overall campaign! And of course the ultimate warm and fuzzy; getting kittens and dogs adopted into homes!
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Outstanding work over again. Thanks!
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dotProject 2.1.6 now released
There is now a new version of dotProject available over on SourceForge. This version cleans up quite a few issues that had sneaked in over time. Some of the wierdness in the 2.1.5 install has been addressed, so upgrades should be much more functional.
A lot of input from the community has been incorporated, including some great localisation fixes from the Brazillian dotProject community. Those guys and gals always provide inspiration, and I'm truly sorry that our timezone differences make online meetings a problem.
There seems to be a lot of activity in the community at the moment, and it all is to the betterment of the project.
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great stuff, you did a great job.
How about existing translations in 2.15. Are there any restrictions while running the update to 2.16 with existing translations?
Translations are unaffected, although the coverage for translations is now greater so that the translators will be able to provide a better result with this release.
It really helped me in delivering hi-end DC projects
We are currently looking at GIT repos, but we are likely to simply convert the SVN repo to GIT on SourceForge rather than yet another external repo.
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Fly sheets?
Roxy seems to be getting way more flies than usual this year. Everytime I go out in the field she can hardly walk she's stamping and swatting so much. I'd definitely prefer she go out naked, but I'm starting to think buying a fly sheet might be a good investment if it'd help keep her comfortable. We have a lot of days that its in the mid 90's- 100's here, and it's horribly humid, so I'm concerned that I'd have to be running up to the barn to take off every other day... Have any of you ever had any luck with fly sheets? I found this one that I liked; the reviews said it was durable and not too hot.
Mosquito Mesh Flyshield® Fly Sheet in Mosquito Mesh Fly Sheets at Schneider Saddlery
I use one every summer - either a light cotton one or alternatively a cotton and mesh one....
they work really well :)
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text: This has nothing to do with Lupus but I have to share this info with my friends. In Texas there is something called UIL. It is a competition in all areas between schools. It includes sports, FFA judging, academic contests just to name a few. My daughter competed in the Prose reading competition for district about 3 weeks ago and won first place. This past weekend she went to regionals and took the 1st place award there as well. Because of this she will be representing our region as the first place winner at the State Competition at the end of May! I can't say how proud I am of her and ask that everyone keep their fingers crossed that she gets the triple crown!


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Jefferson Students Create Pioneer Village
Students in Diane Moon's fifth grade class recently worked at home with family members for assistance, to create log cabins and covered wagons as part of their study of the Westward Movement, which focuses on the American west during the mid 1800s.
"This enrichment project really brought students closer to the idea of what pioneers had to go through to achieve Manifest Destiny and settle the West," said Moon. "In our travels we discussed travel in a covered wagon and having to build a home from scratch, like a log cabin or a soddie."
Through the construction students experienced how much time and planning is required to build something on a small scale, making it understandable as to how much work the pioneers went through to do it in reality. Parents, grandparents, siblings and other family took part in the teamwork required to create these projects, just as the pioneers did back in the day.
"They could use any materials they liked. Some used plastic milk jugs for the bottom of the wagons. I had one student use pretzel rods and frosting to use as the chinking," said Moon. "I haven't done this for a few years because I like to vary my projects. This year my students did an outstanding job. It was wonderful to see all the creativity come to light."
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Mike Huckabee's STFU Moment
15 hours ago
Secret McConnell Recording: Tea Party Lost Primaries Because It "hasn't learned to conceal its racism"
"They have their strong base, their core. But, they don't have success courting the middle. You know why? It's their overt racism. The Tea Party hasn't learned to conceal its racism. That's where they fail. The Republican party knows better. Want to keep minority voters from the polls? Fine, set up hindrances to "prevent voter fraud". Want to cut social services? Fine, but do it for "fiscal conservatism". These Tea Party idiots and their supporters are out hollering the N word, calling Obama an ape, suggest Michelle is a transvestite. That alienates the middle. That's what costs them. You want to think those things? Think them to yourselves. You want to legislate against that them? Come up with an excuse. The Tea Party will remain an also ran unless they work on their poker face a bit more".
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
"We heard several bills last week about women's issues, and I kept thinking to myself: 'These bills are putting us backwards in time. We are losing the respect that we so dearly want in the workplace by bringing up all these special bills for women, and almost making us look like whiners,' " Kieffer said last Wednesday.In some Minnesota counties, women make considerably LESS than the average of $0.77 to every $1.00 earned by men for equal work. In Minnesota, where the minimum wage is below the federal level, in some counties the average is considerably lower.
"Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women."
- Phyllis Schlafly
Republicans continue to demonstrate they do not value women, or view us as equal, ranging from comments like Rush Limbaugh's comment that
"I wasn't completely shocked or surprised. This seems to be a pattern of really sort of ignorant remarks by Republican lawmakers in this state as well as around the country. I think what we're seeing is these legislators and other Republican elected officials really, truly showing their stripes," Ken Martin, party chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, told msnbc.
Equal pay pits women against women in Texas
The battle for equal pay continues to be a dividing issue in states around the country, including Texas. Cari Christman, executive director of a political action committee for Texas Republican women, last weekend struggled to explain the GOP's opposition to fair-pay laws. Women don't need measures like the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, she argued in a television interview, mostly because "women are extremely busy." In an attempt to clarify her counterpart's comments, Beth Cubriel, executive director of the Texas Republican Party, this week explained that men are better negotiators than women.


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2010 FIA Formula Two Champion Dean Stoneman claimed the P1
SuperStock UK powerboat title at the weekend, 18 months since he
was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
The 22-year-old Brit secured six wins and 13 podiums on his way to winning the 2010 F2 series and was rewarded with a full test with the Williams F1 Team, where he finished an impressive fifth overall against a very strong field. The following year he was due to compete in the Formula Renault 3.5 series but was forced to sit on the sidelines after being diagnosed with the illness.
Since then he's switched to powerboat racing where he and co-pilot Dean Paling have claimed a record nine wins in the P1 SuperStock series this year, including a double win off the coast of Weymouth last weekend to take the overall honours.
Speaking on his achievement Stoneman said: "I just kept my foot hard down on the throttle and focused on keeping the top speed as high as possible on the flat water.
"It's always a great feeling to win but this is a special moment as it means I have now won titles on land and water."
Sadly during last weekend's event, one of the competitors - Mike Lovell - was involved in a serious incident and tragically succumbed to his injuries. His co-pilot Dan Whapples was also badly injured but is in a stable condition.


text: It depends on what you consider a good deal. I have found that people and shops tend to want high prices for used Laptops in Abq., so I don't even look around town anymore. I have bought various reconditioned components from ComputerGeeks.com. I find their prices are very reasonable and most everything comes with a warranty of usually around 90 days. Everything I have bought from them works very well, and they have reasonable prices on shipping as well. They have several Laptops right now for example: Dell Latitude PII400 128MB 4GB CD FDD - Grade A $559.00 Dell Latitude PII366 128MB 12GB CD FDD - Grade A $499.00 These seem like fairly decent prices, but we usually buy new notebooks, and I don't know what you want to pay. The full list of notebook computers, with photos, is at http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=NBB. On Monday, November 5, 2001 10:39 AM, Michael Young <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >Does anyone on the list have a decent laptop they would like to sell? >Or, know where in town I could get a decent deal? I am getting really >frustrated trying to get one on Ebay for an acceptable price. I am >looking for at least a PII 266, preferably a 366 or better. >TIA... > >-- >-:Michael:- > >------------------------------------------------------ >To UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com >with only the word unsubscribe in the body. More >information can be found at www.nmlug.org/info.html >----------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com with only the word unsubscribe in the body. More information can be found at www.nmlug.org/info.html -----------------------------------------------------


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Letters, March 17: Badger cull vote; organis food benefits; and speed key to road safety
Posted: March 17, 2014|
Defeat should have led to resignations
The announcement last week by Jeremy Hunt regarding the rates of pay to NHS staff, ahead of this week's Budget, appeared to me to be yet one more nail in his political coffin, he is fast running out of space.
Whenever a serious problem occurs, this coalition Government announces an enquiry to be carried out by "known experts". This invariably takes several months before results are published and then usually the ruling party's action is to ignore the advice given. It's all a game to them ignoring the fact that they have just squandered another few million pounds.
Take the case of the controversial badger vote where, after the "results" of the first set of culls were disputed, an independent inquiry was ordered, Most interested folk knew the result of this inquiry last week showed that the trial cull failed and was in many cases inhumane, yet look at what happened in the Commons at the end of the debate. They voted 219 to end the culling and one against, but the Government ignored the result by not voting.
In most countries a defeat like this would be classed as a vote of "no confidence" and required a resignation.
David Cameron has repeatedly made a U-turn on his sworn statements and will no doubt continue to do so until he leaves No 10 next year. As for his "guarantee" for a referendum on the EU is for the year 2017, if by some twist of magic he is still PM he will find a way to avoid the issue.
Regarding the EU my support goes to Ed Milliband and I am convinced that he will prove to be an excellent prime minister.
K P Taylor
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bristol business at unfair disadvantage
As business reporter Michael Ribbeck writes, Bristol is enjoying high growth. An indication of this is the number of cranes operating throughout the city.
Bristol has the second most dynamic economy in the country after London. This is despite the lack of help it gets from government, in stark contrast to the largesse extended to Liverpool and Manchester. Bristol as the putative capital of Saxland does not get anywhere the support from the political class that Cardiff receives as the capital of Wales.
Saxland (South West, South East and East Anglia) is six times the size of Wales and three times the size of Scotland, at least in terms of population. It would be appropriate for Saxland to have a parliament in Bristol with powers equivalent to those of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Robert Craig
All The South Party
Organic food proves much healthier for us
I agree with Bernard's Seward's letter (Daily Press March 14) in which he said that Lord Krebs, who is giving his opinion on the flooding, has been wrong in the past. When working at the Food Standards Agency he kept repeating that natural organic food was no higher in nutrition than food grown with pesticides.
Yet a £12 million study at Newcastle University, led by Professor Carlo Leifert & funded by the EU, found that organic fruit and vegetables contain up to 40 per cent more beneficial antioxidants than non-organic. Organic milk contains 90 per cent more antioxidants and healthy omega-3 fatty acids because organic cows graze in meadows whenever possible, rather than being fed grains indoors. These extra nutrients can help prevent cancer and other diseases.
Many studies show organic to be healthier. Danish organic farmers were found to have much higher fertility than men exposed to chemicals. Organic farming is better for the soil, kinder to animals and is better for the environment.
A Wills
Ruislip, Middlesex
Cost of Russian gas suggests alternatives
OK, so we've just learnt the true cost of Russian natural gas. So fracking and wind farms and Hinkley C, anyone?
Paul Rogers
Wells, Somerset
Safety on the roads is a matter of speed
One can only guess how much the search for MH370 is costing and speculate how much more will be spent on any further investigation. It is instructive to compare this with how investigations are conducted into incidents on this country's highways and how "experts" derive their conclusions.
Commercial airline pilots fly routinely through areas of reduced visibility, typically cloud or fog and do so mostly safely. On the roads, fog is perceived by many as a dangerous hazard and the cause of crashes. Drivers are castigated for not using headlights. Yet people on foot swarm out of, say, sporting or musical events in dark or misty conditions without the supposed benefit of additional lighting or the wearing of fluorescent tabards. They maintain separation from others by the simple expedient of low or reduced speed and being aware of the proximity of others. Cyclists do so, too, often at speeds greater than that of slow motorists.
That motorists collide with each other or with roadside obstructions has nothing to do with lighting, but everything to do with them failing to exercise common sense and by choosing a speed inappropriate for the conditions.
Anthony G Phillips
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Faithful kept their focus on a better land
As the controversy over where the new Bishop of Bath and Wells will live rumbles on, we would do well to remember where Old Testament people of faith lived. It is written that they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
There is much in the news about the problems in the Middle East and in Jerusalem: people claiming that the so-called promised land is theirs. In his letter to the Hebrews, Paul writing of Abraham and other people of faith wrote, "But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city." These people of faith had their eye on a better land, and on the new Jerusalem.
Mrs E Stuart
Thornbury Bristol
Inspired to verse by flooding on Levels
After seeing all the photographs, and news of the flooding I was inspired to write this poem
The moon sits graceful in its heavenly throne
As the earth spins slow in silent wonder
But the sun hides its favour from our eyes
While the rain falls swift with shouts of thunder
The wind blows fierce and stops for no one
The trees bow low under command
As the rivers surrender their control by force
Now the water has devoured all the land
The peaceful Levels once a place to dream
A village of life's tranquil emotions
All swept away by Mother Nature's hand
Now she carries the tears into the oceans
Paul Dadzitis
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Video:Learn ESL: What to Expect in a Job Interviewwith Alex Jimenez
An ESL student may be anxious for an upcoming job interview. First, take a deep breath, then watch this About.com video on what to expect at a job interview to help your prepare.See Transcript
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Hi, I'm Alex Jimenez, a licensed ESL teacher in New York City. I'm here with About.com to discuss what to expect in a job interview.
First Impressions at Job Interviews
When you go on a job interview, it's best to make the best first impression possible. Here re some tips for you to do exactly that. When people meet for the first time, they shake hands. A firm or strong handshake tells the employer that you're happy to meet them and you feel confident being there. Making eye contact makes people feel that you're interested in what they have to say. Make sure that you maintain that eye contact with your interviewer throughout the interview.
Dressing for a Job Interview
Also, it's really important to dress professionally when you go on a job interview. How you dress is as important as what you say on a resume. For men, dress in a dark colored suit, matching shirt, a tie, a belt and leather shoes. For women, wear a business suit or a skirt that's long enough to sit comfortably in a chair. Try to stay away from any bright colors or busy patterns. Conservative shoes, conservative jewelry.
Selling Yourself on the Job Interview
A job interview will usually begin with the job interviewer saying something like "Tell me a little bit about yourself." You should be prepared to speak about yourself for about 1 minute. Include your education, your background and your credentials. This is your chance to tell the employer about your job experience. You should each job activity in detail to let them know exactly what you know how to do and what you learned while you were there. Try to make connections from your past work experience to the kind of work that you expect to be doing in this job that you're applying for.
Research the Company Before the Interview
It's important to learn as much about the company before going into the job interview. You could easily do this by going to their website. This way, when the employer asks you, "What do you now about our company," you can sound knowledgeable about their products and services. This will leave a really good impression, because employers like it when job applicants do their homework in this area. I hope these tips help you do well in your next job interview. For more information on what to expect in a job interview, please visit About.com.


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"I have a grandmother who is diabetic, and I wanted to create a cheesecake with no added sugar. My whole family loved it, it's now the only one I make"
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3/4 cup
graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons
butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
1 (8 ounce) package
cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups
1 (1 ounce) package
cheesecake flavor sugar-free instant pudding mix
2 pints
fresh strawberries, sliced
I used reduced fat cream cheese and chilled fat free evaporated milk. This makes a smaller sized cheesecake. I liked that this particular recipe had a very thin crust which is a dream for someone watching their carb count. My husband was the only one who didn't care for this dessert--my kids and I thought it was pretty good. I'd make this again. I think this would make a pretty good "mousse" dessert if I were to omit the crust, chop the strawberries and fold into the "filling", then pipe into dessert dishes.
This is delicious, and I have made it several times. BUT it is not truly sugar free unless you can find sugar free graham crackers. Graham crackers have quite a bit of sugar in them.
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Absolutely delicious! I doubled the recipe (family was coming to dinner). No one guessed that there was no "added" sugar in the pie. I did not change any of the ingredients, but assembled it a little different - Once the cream cheeze & milk & spices & pudding were mixed I added the sliced strawberries to the mixture and then added to piecrust of graham crackers. This is really a nice treat and a very tasty one! Thank you for the recipe - this is a keeper according to my husband (and me!).
I have just made this for the second time for our diabetic friend. I used fat free white chocolate pudding instead of cheesecake pudding for a white chocolate cheesecake. His sugar levelss spike when he has fruit, so I made a topping of whipped cream (0 carbs) and folded in fat free milk chocolate pudding. I made it the first time for his birthday and he was beaming. A definite good one and easy to make.
I used a half pint of heavy whipping cream and slowly added it to the cream cheese. Turned out really good thick like cream cheese filling. But no graham crackers. We love the mixture.
Easy & great recipe, but finding sugar free cheesecake pudding was impossible so I substituted vanilla which did work.
Quick, easy and tasty, what more could you ask for. I made this for a friend of ours that is diabetic. He loved it, we all loved it.
I also prepared this for a diabetic. While it's true that Graham crackers have carbs, a diabetic is allowed some cards per meal. I chose to use just the filling piped in sliced (crisscrossed at the pointy end) strawberries. Thank you pinterest. They are wonderful. Cream cheese is very diabetic friendly. It's nice to have a sweet treat that truly satisfies. Thanks for the recipe.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
No Bake Sugar Free Strawberry Cheesecake
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 312
Calories from Fat: 193
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By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2009 Those in uniform must always remember their fallen comrades and their families, and those families deserve help in enduring their heartache, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here last night.
"All of us know that nobody goes through life alone -- nobody," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told those gathered for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Honor Guard Gala. "[And] nobody should have to go through grief alone. It's really that that TAPS does so well."
Bonnie Carroll started TAPS after her husband, Army Brig. Gen. Tom Carroll, an Alaska National Guardsman, was killed in a plane crash in 1992. Seven others died in the same crash. TAPS, a nonprofit organization, provides ongoing peer-based support to anyone who is grieving the death of a loved one who served in the armed forces. It brings together survivors for comfort, healing, and hope through grief seminars for adults and its Good Grief Camps for children.
It's easy to call TAPS the "gold standard," Mullen said.
"I use it as a gold standard in my travels, in my discussions when I speak with people about organizations [that] reach out and help those who serve and help the families who serve and have sacrificed so much," he said. "All of you who are members, or who work for … and support TAPS, please don't ever underestimate the impact of what you do.
"It's almost beyond what we can describe," he said.
Army Maj. Gen. Mark Graham found words after accepting the TAPS Honor Guard Leadership Award.
"Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors is truly for survivors," the commander of Division West and Fort Carson, Colo., said. "TAPS touches every survivor. "[It's] there for everyone, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They never take time off."
Graham's son, Army 2nd Lt. Kevin Graham, was killed in Iraq in 2004 after warning his fellow soldiers of a roadside bomb. Another son, Jeffrey Graham, an ROTC cadet, took his own life while studying to become an Army physician.
Graham's experience with a loved one's suicide allowed him to help two young men deal with their father's suicide. Marine Maj. John Ruocco, 40, returned from Iraq in 2004. The Marine Cobra pilot took his own life on Feb. 7, 2005. His sons, Joey and Billy, met Graham at a TAPS national convention.
"He took me aside and he explained how my dad was fighting a battle in his mind, and as well, on the ground," Joey Ruocco said. "I have a very deep understanding of suicide, since my mom's a counselor herself. He made me understand even deeper. I'd like to thank him for that, and I'd like to thank him for helping other people understand."
These shared stories, as well as those shared through a TAPS video, provided attendees, many of whom are survivors, with common ground.
"I think it's so important that we find ways to bond together in public and to understand the depth of the grief of these families and what they're going through," said Tom Brokaw, former NBC Nightly News anchor. "I want to pay a special, personal tribute to you who are here tonight -- for reasons that they would rather not be -- for their courage, for their bravery, and for serving as model citizens for the rest of us.
"We gather here as members of the American family, here and abroad, at war and at piece," Brokaw continued in the event's keynote address. "Those of us on the civilian side must make greater efforts every day to say, 'We're here. What can we do?'"
Jack May helped Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway present the TAPS Honor Guard Congressional Award to Virginia U.S. Sen. Jim Webb. May was 2 when his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Donald May, died in Iraq in 2003 when his tank fell off a bridge over the Euphrates River.
Information provided to TAPS by bereavement experts indicates that for each active-duty military loss of life, 10 people, on average, are significantly affected. From operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, that works out to about 49,350 affected survivors, including about 2,220 spouses and 3,454 children, estimates based on research by Scripps-Howard News Service in 2005.
TAPS has provided its services, free of charge, to more than 25,000 surviving family members, casualty assistance officers, chaplains and other who support bereaved families.
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Arizona Cardinals' Alex Okafor's transition to linebacker is complete
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Alex Okafor played defensive end for the University of Texas, but was taken by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft with the idea that he'd become an outside linebacker.
His transition was abruptly halted just three games into his rookie season when he suffered a torn biceps tendon in a loss to the New Orleans Saints.
"Just learning the coverages," Okafor said of the biggest adjustment he needed to make. "I had my hand in the ground basically my whole career at Texas, so just learning the coverages, learning where my help is out there, and kind of getting the scheme down."
Okafor says he's 100 percent comfortable in his role now, and it has shown on the field. Up to this point -- through OTAs, minicamp and a couple days of training camp -- the second-year pro has done nothing but impress. He's getting more reps with John Abraham not in camp due to personal reasons, and he's making them count.
The light, it would appear, has gone on.
"He did not make that transition until about OTA 4," Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said. "I was like, �Oh, maybe this guy's a player.'
"We really didn't see it last year, he got hurt so early, and all of a sudden he's dropping into space and doing the things that (show) he obviously had done a lot of work, mentally and physically, while he was injured to be ready for this opportunity."
Okafor will have every chance to carve out a key role with the team. After being credited with 23 sacks in his college career -- 12.5 of which came his senior season -- the expectation is there for him to become a reliable pass rusher. Every team needs them, and the Cardinals could especially use one who is just 23 years old.
But with just one tackle in his NFL career, he still very much remains an unproven commodity. There is plenty of hype surrounding him these days, but the position change and injury delayed his chance to showcase what he can do on the field.
Now the 6-foot-4, 260-pound Okafor is both healthy and ready.
"Obviously missing the whole season man, it kind of gets you itching a little bit, so just getting back out there is a great feeling," he said. "Sometimes when you're sitting on the couch you forget you're a football player. So (I am) getting out there reminding me what I can do, and I'm ready to help the team."
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Land of Israel is a special, sacred place for those who believe in the Bible. Like the ingathering of the Jewish people into the land of Israel, the restoration of the land itself is the unfolding of prophecy.
When Israel's restoration began, the land was largely barren. Today it is fully of lush green forests lovingly planted by the Jewish National Fund. There is still much work to do. What better way to participate in the restoration of the Land of Israel than by planting a tree.
Partner with the JNF to complete the reforestation of the Promised Land.
Israel Today staff and the people of Israel celebrated the Tu Bishvat holiday by planting trees. The Jewish National Fund reported that a record 600,000 trees were planted over the holiday. Israel Today joined over 260 cities, towns and communities throughout Israel and hundreds of thousands of Israelis participated throughout the country to make the record possible.
JNF World Chairman Efi Stenzle estimated over a million new saplings were planted throughout Israel throughout the week in forests and parks nationwide. Israel, he added, "is the only country in the world to have more trees in the 21st century than in the previous one… We're creating a green lung that will benefit all of us."
Purim, celebrated on February 23rd, is also a holiday of renewal for the Jewish people. You can help Israel Today in its commitment to revive the land of the Carmel in the north of Israel, where a fire has devastated the area.
Help be a part of the rebirth of the land by planting a tree in Israel Today's forest and be a blessing unto the land. Click here to contribute a tree to our forest today.


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Rainy Water Lily, Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, PA
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Rainy days are great for macro photography and I often visit gardens on conservatories when the weather forecast calls for just such conditions. Most of the time, they do not allow tripods, so I love using my twin flashes or a ring light so that I can hand hold. I was photographing inside the conservatory while it was raining heavily but quickly went outside to the water lily ponds as soon as the rains subsided. The extra reach of the 180mm really came in handy as I strained at the edge of the pond to compose this beautiful bloom in the middle of the pond. There were many other leaves around the lily that weren't pretty so the extra length allowed me to compose tightly on the center without falling in!


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Michael De Leon
Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.
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Matchup of the Game: Spurs vs. Bulls
by: Jose Grijalva The matchup for the game tonight between the Chicago Bulls and the hosting San Antonio Spurs will be between Bulls' forward Carlos Boozer and Spurs' forward Tim Duncan. In their first meeting of the season during the Rodeo Road Trip, the Spurs easily defeated the Bulls in a 103-89 victory. Duncan was […] [Read More]
5 things to watch: Spurs vs. Bulls
by: Jeff Garcia The San Antonio Spurs (47-14) will host the Chicago Bulls (34-26) tonight in San Antonio as the Spurs move on without Tony Parker. Parker will be out for approximately four weeks due to a sprained left ankle. Click HERE to read the entire article [Read More]
Kobe On The Same Level As Michael? Not so fast
by: Paramjit Mahal At the start of the season, Lakers' Kobe Bryant looked to be on the path to acquire his sixth ring and tie Michael Jordan. But a funny thing happened on the way to the coronation, reality decided to rear it's head. After Bryant called out Dwight Howard (though he did deny it), […] [Read More]
Matchup of the Game: Spurs vs. Bulls
by: Jose Grijalva he matchup of the game when the San Antonio Spurs continue their Rodeo Road Trip to Chicago will be between Kawhi Leonard and Luol Deng. Kawhi Leonard is known as the Spurs' defensive stopper and defends the best player on the opposite team. Leonard will have his hands full with Luol Deng, […] [Read More]
5 things to watch: Spurs vs. Bulls
by: Jeff Garcia The San Antonio Spurs (40-12) will look to secure another win on their annual Rodeo Road Trip with a visit to Chicago to face the Bulls (30-20). This will be the first meeting between the Spurs and Bulls and will also mark the fourth road game for San Antonio on their annual […] [Read More]
Rumor: Bulls interested in Blair?
by: Jose Grijalva DeJuan's Blair season has been frustrating, to put it lightly. The third year power forward hasn't seen too many minutes this season with the San Antonio Spurs, averaging 14mpg in 37 appearances. The majority of his minutes have came when Tim Duncan has been out of the lineup or there's been a […] [Read More]
Bulls' Thibodeau has nothing but praise for Popovich
By Trevor Zickgraf, Project Spurs If you consider the fact that reigning MVP Derrick Rose missed almost half the season to various injuries, the Chicago Bulls had a hell of a season. The Bulls still would've had a hell of a season even if Rose hadn't missed all those games. They finished with the same […] [Read More]
5 things to watch for in tonight's Spurs vs. Bulls matchup
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs The San Antonio Spurs (24-10) will finally make their way back to the AT&T Center tonight after their Rodeo Road Trip as they host the Eastern Conference powerhouse Chicago Bulls (28-8). The Spurs will be looking to flex their homecourt muscle (13-1) but it will not be easy with the […] [Read More]
Scouting the Bulls: Parker must keep Rose busy, on defense
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs The AT&T Center was occupied by cows, horses, sheep, rodeo clowns, and even Lady Antebellum but now the AT&T Center will finally be decorated with silver andblack from ground-up as the San Antonio Spurs (24-10) return for their first home game in 25 days. Though the building might still reek […] [Read More]
Video: Comedian Will Ferrell introduces Bulls, Hornets lineup
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs It was 80's night in New Orleans last night as the Hornets and Bulls faced off. So not only did the Hornets' big screen flash images from the 80s such as G.I. Joe, Pac-Man, and play some Journey and AC/DC (which had me singing as I was writing this) the […] [Read More]
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PARIS (AP) Migrants flowing into Europe in unprecedented numbers are causing a tense summer in France, as clashes break out among asylum-seekers in overcrowded camps and police fire tear gas to quell the chaos.
Sudanese and Eritreans battled in the heat in Frances port city of Calais, frustrations rising as the Africans jockey for space while trying to sneak into Britain the dream destination some 20 miles away.
British police were on site in Calais trying to make sure they dont cross over. Their French counterparts fired tear gas Tuesday to break up the latest of three battles that left 51 injured, one seriously, the Calais prefecture said.
Migrants fleeing poverty and war in Africa and the Middle East arrive in Calais with hopes of crossing the channel on a ferry or trucks laden with cargo. Their numbers in the city at the edge of the English Channel have swelled to up to 1,300, overwhelming the city, aid agencies and police.
Up to 40 extra riot police were brought into Calais to start duty Tuesday night, bringing the number of police officers to 600, the city said.
There are migrants who arrive each day and each day some who succeed in getting to Britain, said Deputy Mayor Philippe Mignonet, in charge of security. He refused to say how many migrants outsmart the scanners, CO2 detectors and other technology used on trucks and planted through the Channel Tunnel.
Calais has been taken hostage, Mignonet said, blaming in part a Franco-British cooperation accord that he said puts the brunt of the burden on Calais. Like other officials, the deputy mayor complains that the British police presence effectively extends Britains border to France.
Most migrants in Calais start the European portion of their treacherous Mediterranean journeys in Italy, arriving on boats in the island of Lampedusa. Last year, total arrivals in Italy tallied 42,000 which was already surpassed by spring. With the year far from over, over 60,000 migrants have arrived on Italian shores.
Overwhelmed, Italy is increasingly waiving European rules to fingerprint migrants, allowing them to move on. Those looking to go to Britain often end up in Calais.
Britain is seen by many migrants as Europes Shangri-La, with a more humane treatment of migrants than continental neighbors like France, where there are only 22,000 living units for some 60,000 asylum seekers.
Clashes among migrants are a new phenomenon.
Those Monday night and twice Tuesday were a culmination of a months-long tug-of-war between Calais and migrants. The city bulldozed makeshift camps in May. The migrants then occupied a food distribution center but were expelled. Now, authorities threaten to expel hundreds in two abandoned factories. Under pressure, the migrants turn on one another.
There are lots of people, so there is lots more tension, said Noemie Bourdet of aid group Secours Catholique in Calais.
Migrants often are forced to pay small-time smugglers for a place in line in a parking lot where trucks leave for Britain. The clashes may have been over a place at a parking lot that didnt have smugglers demanding payments, according to Bourdet.
Within France, there is a divergence of views about how well Calais and France cope with the migrant issue.
They expel them without solutions, said Bourdet of Secours Catholique, echoing the charge that Calais migrants have been reduced to a security problem.
Mignonet disagrees.
It is a doubly catastrophic situation for us, he said, explaining that the migrants suffer and Calais suffers, too. People only talk of Calais for its migrant problems ... This seriously hurts the citys image.
Migrants clash in France as camp tensions soar
AP Photo/Thibault Vandermersch/File Police officers take positions in a makeshift camp housing hundreds of illegal migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Africa, after French authorities started to clear out makeshift camps in the English Channel port city of Calais, northern France, housing hundreds of illegal migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Africa.×
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Dow Athletic Administrator Of The Year
MDI High School athletic administrator Bunky Dow has been named the MIAAA - Robert J. Lahey Award winner of the Athletic Administrator of the Year in Maine. The award is named after the late Bob Lahey who was a longtime AD at Old Town High School and helped form what is now the MIAAA.
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The McAuley girls defeated the Oxford Hills Vikings Saturday night 67-41 to claim the Class A state championship title.


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Lantern Slide - Robinson Crusoe, 'Crusoe Visits the Wreck of a Spanish Galleon', 1850-1900 Reg. No: MM 31764
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- One of a series of late 19th century narrative lantern slides depicting the story of Robinson Crusoe.
This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David Francis was the curator of the National Film and Sound Archive of the British Film Institute as well as being a co-founder of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, which was operational between 1988 and 1999.
- Description:
- Single lantern slide, comprising circular hand-coloured print on glass, with black mask, mounted in rectangular wooden frame.
- Description Of Content:
- Hand coloured illustration of Robinson Crusoe visiting the wreck of a Spanish galleon.
- Acquisition Information:
- Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI)
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