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Department of Commerce

2007-08-19T12:43:46Z

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2007-08-19T12:43:30Z

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Haiku

2007-08-19T12:41:34Z

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==Definition==
A haiku is a traditional Japanese short poem written in a 5 7 5 syllabic structure and usually broken up into two or three lines. The themes of a haiku often revolve around nature and seasons. To be a proper haiku, it must coform to a certain form:
===Sylabic structure===
In Japanese, the haiku must have a structure seventeen ''onji'' (Japanese sound symbols) in the order of 5 7 5 syllables. Within English, this isn't necessary because the way English words are formed makes it awkward to fit to this strict definition (there are many one syllable words in English with complex meanings - spring for example) - it just needs OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDD!!!!!!!!.<ref>[http://www.hsa-haiku.org/HSA_Definitions_2004.html Official Definitions of Haiku and Related Terms] Haiku Society of America</ref> This restriction is removed for English because it would be possible to make a haiku entirely of seventeen one syllable words which would be too complex for the simplicity of a haiku.
===Seasonal word===
A haiku must include a ''kigo'' which indicates which season the haiku is set in.<ref>[http://renku.home.att.net/500ESWd.html 500 Seasonal words]</ref><ref>[http://www.youngleaves.org/poetry/The%20Yuki%20Teikei%20Haiku%20Season%20Word%20List.htm Seasonal words from the 1977-78 Haiku Journal]</ref>
===Cutting word===
Additionally, each of the lines must be a thought on its own. The separation between lines is done with a ''kireji'' (cutting word). This word gives emphasis to a particular thought or part of the poem.
== Example ==
===Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku===
<blockquote>''Furu ike ya''<br />
''kawazu tobikomu''<br />
''mizu no oto''</blockquote>

This is one of the most translated Japanese haikus<ref>[http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm Translations of Basho's Frog]</ref>
One translation of this poem by Lafcadio Hearn is:
<blockquote>Old pond<br />
frogs jumped in<br />
sound of water.</blockquote>

In this case, the frog is the season word which references late spring.<ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/~daikoku/haiku/meguri/kuhi-2.htm Analysis of Basho's frog]</ref> Here, the translator decided to work to preserve the essence of the Japanese rather than enforce a strict pattern to it.

The cutting word in the poem is ''ya'' which separates the poem into two parts - the old pond and the frog itself. ''ya'' does not have a specific meaning on its own and can be thought of instead as an exclamation with the concept of "stop and behold".

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Charles Evans Hughes

2007-08-19T12:38:25Z

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'''Charles Evans Hughes''' (b. 1862, d. 1948) served as a [[Republican]] Governor of New York (1907-1910) after defeating [[William Randolph Hearst]], was narrowly defeated for [[President]] by Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1916, served as [[Secretary of State]] under the Republican Administrations of [[Warren G. Harding]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]] in the 1920s, and served as Associate Justice (1910-1916)and as Chief Justice of the United States (1930-1941).

Hughes favored joining the [[League of Nations]], and convened the [[Washington Conference]] in 1921 to disarm the major countries. He was a "moderate" Republican like Republicans from the northeast today, and was not as conservative as President Harding. As Chief Justice, Hughes opposed President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[court-packing]] plan, but relented to the [[New Deal]] and upheld some of it.

Bored by public school at age 6, Hughes requested that his parents homeschool him. His parents homeschooled Hughes from age 6 to about age 12, and when Hughes then enrolled in public school, he progressed so quickly that he graduated from high school at age 13.

Hughes was a [[Rapist]].

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Blue state

2007-08-19T12:35:46Z

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{{LPOV}}
'''Blue state''' refers to states in the USA where a majority votes for [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] in Presidential elections. They generally promote taxation, regulation of business, human rights, [[homosexuality]]{{fact}}, [[abortion]]{{fact}}, and [[crime]]{{fact}}.

See Also:
*[[Red state|Red State]]