Happy Matsuri Day, Hamamatsu! | Miki Rodriguez
MATSURI/Children's day: DAY 01
Golden Week occurs at the end of April and the beginning of May and starts on the 29th of April when there is a national holiday for the birthday of the Emperor Showa. This then goes into another holiday on the 1st of May for May Day, then the 3rd of May for Memorial Day and finally the 5th of May which is Children’s Day. As such, many people take the whole week off and some businesses can close for up to 10 days including weekends blocked around the holidays.
In the evening the streets see a parade of 83 festival floats accompanied by traditional music. Each float is elaborately carved and decorated, and they are referred to as “palaces.”
Other attractions include dancing and drum and bell performances. Hamamatsu has a substantial non-Japanese community who take part in the festival, giving it a welcoming and cosmopolitan atmosphere.
If you happen to be in Japan at this time then this is a wonderful time of year. But what can you expect during Golden Week in Japan?
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Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument - Nagasaki - 日本二十六聖人記念館
Video of the 26 Martyrs Memorial in Nagasaki. This monument commemorates the crucifixion of 20 Japanese converts and 6 missionaries in 1597 after the Shogun outlawed Christianity. It's the closest site to Nagasaki Station, just across the station and a stone's throw north.
My best summer in Hiroshima and Fukuyama.
My trip in Hiroshima and Fukuyama for attending International Youth Peace Seminar 2016 with Hiroshima YMCA.
Oregon's Japanese Americans: Full Documentary
By the 1920s, Oregon had well-established Japanese American communities in Portland and Hood River. Immigrant pioneers managed businesses, thriving farms and orchards with their American-born children. Pearl Harbor changed everything.
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Aggressive Inline - Salmon Safari Tour 2000
Salmon Aggressive Inlineskate Team became to Amazing Square Park in Tokyo.
THE CLASH - London Calling
THE CLASH
London Calling
Live from Sun Plaza Hall
Tokio, Japan
January 2, 1982
Tokimeki Memorial (PCE-CD) OST 101 Song of the Southern Islands [Okinawa Trip]
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Game: Tokimeki Memorial
Composer: Mikio Saito, Seiya Murai, Miki Higashino, Hiro Noguchi
Published: Konami 1994
Platform: PC Engine
Ripped by ruiner9 (Ed Wilson of PixelTunes Radio and Impulse Project).
Kosin Family, Agnes, and Mae - Trip to Japan - June 2014
June 4: Alicia, Sandra, Agnes and Mae arrive (greeted by Yoshiharu, Ikuko, Naomi, and Haruko)
June 5: Lunch with Hiroshi Miyamura, Mr. Saito, and Mr. Towata
June 6: Margo and Chris arrive (greeted by Yoshiharu and Rumiko)
June 8: All meet Masaki Tsuchiya in Nagoya; Lunch with Yasuo, Leon, and Miyoko Yamaguchi; BBQ Dinner with Miki, Maki, Shino, Shinpei, Masaki, Mariko, and her parents--the Tachis
June 9: Kosins go to Nara with Masaki; Agnes and Mae go to the park with Mariko, Maki, and Shino
June 10: Agnes and Mae meet Hidemi Yazawa in Osaka; Kosins go to Hiroshima
June 11: Margo goes to Hiroshima Museum of Art; Alicia, Chris, and Sandra go to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
June 12: Kosins meet Hidemi Yazawa in Osaka; Kosins, Agnes, and Mae together again at the Yazawa home with Risa, Eishiro, Soshiro, Atsushi Mori, Yuri, Mari, Hidemi, and Mizue; Dinner with Hirata family; Sasakis come to say hello after dinner
June 13: Kosins go to Kyoto with Hidemi and Mari
June 14: All go back to Tokyo; Alicia, Chris, and Margo go to Shibuya with Yuki Hamashima (Margo's high school friend) and Rina Kasao (granddaughter of Kitazumes)
June 15: Kosins go to Kamakura with Nobuo and Midori Wada and Katsumi Inokuma
June 16: Hato Bus Tour through city of Tokyo with Kitazumes
June 17: Kosins go hiking with Sachiko, Ryutaro Kimura, and Nobuo to a Sake Factory and Musashi Mitake Shrine
June 18: Kosins go to Ogikubo with Midori
June 19: Junk Food Dinner with Sanae and Nobuo
June 20: Alicia, Chris, and Margo go to lunch with Katsuya Hashiba
June 21: Kosins go to Harajuku with Midori; All together with Tsuchiya family - Sohta Maruyama, Machiko, Ryutaro, Sachiko, Yoshiharu, Shizue, Midori, Nobuo, and Rumiko - for dinner
June 22: Margo goes to lunch with Yuki; Dinner with Chizuko, Katsuya, Katsuhiko, Chiemi, and Yusuke Hashiba
June 23: Shigeki drives to Keio Plaza Hotel; Shigeki and Makoto say goodbye at Keio Plaza Hotel; Yoshiharu, Ikuko, Naomi, and Haruko say goodbye at Narita Airport
We had a great time visiting family and friends in Japan last month! To everyone in Japan, thank you for all the time and effort that you put into your plans and arrangements for our trip. We appreciate all that you did for us, and we hope to see you again soon!
Abandoned Roads in Fukuyama Japan | Exploring for Fun!
A walk back to my dorm in Fukuyama leads to some unexpected adventure along some seemingly abandoned roads! Simply following an intriguing path led to a scenic route back to the dorm and the discovery of numerous sports areas hidden on a small Fukuyama hillside. An adventure born out of simple curiosity and a desire to do some exploring close to home.
Martial Arts and the Mind
Many people think martial arts are solely about honing your fighting abilities, but could they really be more about developing the mind? This film interviews Tai Chi, Hapkido and Taekwondo practitioners as well as a scientist and clinician who has been putting these ideas into practice when working with people with mental health issues.
Created to support an event at Wellcome Collection called Martial Arts and the Inner You. For more information see
Townsend Harris High School Japanese Class: Happy Birthday!
Clouds Happen by Monument Snowboards
Watch the Monument Snowboard team rip it up, jib rails, big airs, and a lot of ole time fun
Calling All Cars: History of Dallas Eagan / Homicidal Hobo / The Drunken Sailor
The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon for a radio dispatcher role.
The iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station.
Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD Chief Parker became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation. In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the African-American community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.
Several prominent representations of the LAPD and its officers in television and film include Adam-12, Blue Streak, Blue Thunder, Boomtown, The Closer, Colors, Crash, Columbo, Dark Blue, Die Hard, End of Watch, Heat, Hollywood Homicide, Hunter, Internal Affairs, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Life, Numb3rs, The Shield, Southland, Speed, Street Kings, SWAT, Training Day and the Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and Terminator film series. The LAPD is also featured in the video games Midnight Club II, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, L.A. Noire and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
The LAPD has also been the subject of numerous novels. Elizabeth Linington used the department as her backdrop in three different series written under three different names, perhaps the most popular being those novel featuring Det. Lt. Luis Mendoza, who was introduced in the Edgar-nominated Case Pending. Joseph Wambaugh, the son of a Pittsburgh policeman, spent fourteen years in the department, using his background to write novels with authentic fictional depictions of life in the LAPD. Wambaugh also created the Emmy-winning TV anthology series Police Story. Wambaugh was also a major influence on James Ellroy, who wrote several novels about the Department set during the 1940s and 1950s, the most famous of which are probably The Black Dahlia, fictionalizing the LAPD's most famous cold case, and L.A. Confidential, which was made into a film of the same name. Both the novel and the film chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force during the Parker era. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) represent the choices ahead for the LAPD: assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a straight arrow approach.
Slovenia | Wikipedia audio article
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Slovenia ( ( listen) sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija , abbr.: RS), is a country located in southern Central Europe at the crossroads of the main European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, European Union, and NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.Slovenia is mostly mountainous with a mainly continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral, which has a sub-Mediterranean climate, and the northwest, which has an Alpine climate. Additionally, the Dinaric Alps and the Pannonian Plain meet on the territory of Slovenia. The country, marked by a significant biological diversity, is one of the most water-rich in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karst underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest. The human settlement of Slovenia is dispersed and uneven.Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages and cultures. Although the population is not homogeneous, the majority is Slovene. The South Slavic language Slovene is the official language throughout the country. Slovenia is a largely secularized country, but its culture and identity have been significantly influenced by Catholicism as well as Lutheranism. The economy of Slovenia is small, open and export-oriented and has been strongly influenced by international conditions. It has been severely hurt by the Eurozone crisis, started in the late 2000s. The main economic field is services, followed by industry and construction.Historically, the current territory of Slovenia was part of many different states, including the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Carolingian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Monarchy, Republic of Venice, French-administered Illyrian Provinces of Napoleon I., Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. In October 1918, the Slovenes exercised self-determination for the first time by co-founding the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. In December 1918, they merged with the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929).
During World War II, Slovenia was occupied and annexed by Germany, Italy, and Hungary, with a tiny area transferred to the Independent State of Croatia, a Nazi puppet state. Afterward, it was a founding member of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, later renamed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which was initially allied with the Eastern Bloc, but later founded the Non-Aligned Movement. In June 1991, after the introduction of multi-party representative democracy, Slovenia split from Yugoslavia and became an independent country. In 2004, it entered NATO and the European Union; in 2007 became the first formerly communist country to join the Eurozone; and in 2010 joined the OECD, a global association of high-income developed countries.
Suspense: Sorry, Wrong Number - West Coast / Banquo's Chair / Five Canaries in the Room
Banquo is a character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth. In the play, he is at first an ally to Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they are together when they meet the Three Witches. After prophesying that Macbeth will become king, the witches tell Banquo that he will not be king himself, but that his descendants will be. Later, Macbeth in his lust for power sees Banquo as a threat and has him murdered; Banquo's son, Fleance, escapes. Banquo's ghost returns in a later scene, causing Macbeth to react with alarm during a public feast.
Shakespeare borrowed the character of Banquo from Holinshed's Chronicles, a history of Britain published by Raphael Holinshed in 1587. In Chronicles Banquo is an accomplice to Macbeth in the murder of the king, rather than a loyal subject of the king who is seen as an enemy by Macbeth. Shakespeare may have changed this aspect of his character in order to please King James, who was thought at the time to be a descendant of the real Banquo. Critics often interpret Banquo's role in the play as being a foil to Macbeth, resisting evil where Macbeth embraces it. Sometimes, however, his motives are unclear, and some critics question his purity. He does nothing to accuse Macbeth of murdering the king, even though he has reason to believe Macbeth is responsible.
Banquo's role, especially in the banquet ghost scene, has been subject to a variety of interpretations and mediums. Shakespeare's text states: Enter Ghost of Banquo, and sits in Macbeth's place.[28] Several television versions have altered this slightly, having Banquo appear suddenly in the chair, rather than walking onstage and into it. Special effects and camera tricks also allow producers to make the ghost disappear and reappear, highlighting the fact that only Macbeth can see it.[29]
Stage directors, unaided by post-production effects and camera tricks, have used other methods to depict the ghost. In the late 19th century, elaborate productions of the play staged by Henry Irving employed a wide variety of approaches for this task. In 1877 a green silhouette was used to create a ghostlike image; ten years later a trick chair was used to allow an actor to appear in the middle of the scene, and then again from the midst of the audience. In 1895 a shaft of blue light served to indicate the presence of Banquo's spirit. In 1933 a Russian director named Theodore Komisarjevsky staged a modern retelling of the play (Banquo and Macbeth were told of their future through palmistry); he used Macbeth's shadow as the ghost.[30]
Film adaptations have approached Banquo's character in a variety of ways. In 1936 Orson Welles helped produce an African-American cast of the play, including Canada Lee in the role of Banquo.[30] Akira Kurosawa's 1957 adaptation Throne of Blood makes the character into Capitan Miki (played by Minoru Chiaki), slain by Macbeth's equivalent (Captain Washizu) when his wife explains that she is with child. News of Miki's death does not reach Washizu until after he has seen the ghost in the banquet scene. In Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation, Banquo is played by acclaimed stage actor Martin Shaw, in a style reminiscent of earlier stage performances.[31] Polanski's version also emphasises Banquo's objection to Macbeth's ascendency by showing him remaining silent as the other thanes around him hail Macbeth as king.[32] in the 1990 telling of Macbeth in a New York Mafia crime family setting, Men of Respect the character of Banquo is named Bankie Como played by American actor Dennis Farina.
Slovenia | Wikipedia audio article
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Slovenia ( ( listen) sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija , abbr.: RS), is a country located in southern Central Europe at the crossroads of the main European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, European Union, and NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.Slovenia is mostly mountainous with a mainly continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral, which has a sub-Mediterranean climate, and the northwest, which has an Alpine climate. Additionally, the Dinaric Alps and the Pannonian Plain meet on the territory of Slovenia. The country, marked by a significant biological diversity, is one of the most water-rich in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karst underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest. The human settlement of Slovenia is dispersed and uneven.Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages and cultures. Although the population is not homogeneous, the majority is Slovene. The South Slavic language Slovene is the official language throughout the country. Slovenia is a largely secularized country, but its culture and identity have been significantly influenced by Catholicism as well as Lutheranism. The economy of Slovenia is small, open and export-oriented and has been strongly influenced by international conditions. It has been severely hurt by the Eurozone crisis, started in the late 2000s. The main economic field is services, followed by industry and construction.Historically, the current territory of Slovenia was part of many different states, including the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Carolingian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Monarchy, Republic of Venice, French-administered Illyrian Provinces of Napoleon I., Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. In October 1918, the Slovenes exercised self-determination for the first time by co-founding the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. In December 1918, they merged with the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929).
During World War II, Slovenia was occupied and annexed by Germany, Italy, and Hungary, with a tiny area transferred to the Independent State of Croatia, a Nazi puppet state. Afterward, it was a founding member of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, later renamed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which was initially allied with the Eastern Bloc, but later founded the Non-Aligned Movement. In June 1991, after the introduction of multi-party representative democracy, Slovenia split from Yugoslavia and became an independent country. In 2004, it entered NATO and the European Union; in 2007 became the first formerly communist country to join the Eurozone; and in 2010 joined the OECD, a global association of high-income developed countries.
United States Naval Academy | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:08 1 Description
00:10:27 2 Other navy schools
00:11:18 3 History
00:11:57 3.1 Identity
00:13:14 3.2 Early years
00:16:10 3.3 The American Civil War
00:19:26 3.4 Porter's Academy - From the Civil War to the Spanish–American War
00:25:08 3.5 The Flagg Academy- Spanish–American War to WW I
00:28:16 3.5.1 World War I to World War II
00:32:46 3.6 Modern era: World War II to present
00:44:35 4 Rank structure
00:49:09 5 Uniforms
00:52:53 6 Campus
00:53:51 6.1 Halls and principal buildings
01:05:12 6.2 Monuments and memorials
01:12:10 6.3 Brigade sports complex
01:12:41 6.4 Cemetery and columbarium
01:12:51 6.5 Glenn Warner Soccer Facility
01:13:01 6.6 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
01:13:13 6.7 Terwilliger Brothers Field
01:13:32 7 Supervision of the Academy
01:14:52 8 Faculty
01:18:48 9 Appointment process
01:23:14 9.1 Admissions requirements
01:25:21 10 Curriculum
01:26:47 10.1 Moral education
01:29:19 10.2 Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC)
01:30:49 10.3 Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference (NASEC)
01:32:02 10.4 McMullen Naval History Symposium
01:32:32 10.5 Small Satellite Program
01:33:19 10.6 Postgraduate studies
01:34:57 11 Student activities
01:35:07 11.1 Athletics
01:41:40 11.2 Song
01:42:33 11.3 Other extra-curricular activities
01:45:32 12 Police
01:46:19 13 Women at the Naval Academy
01:53:23 14 A selection of Naval Academy traditions
02:06:00 15 Alumni
02:07:59 16 See also
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The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy adjacent to Annapolis, Maryland. Established on 10 October 1845, under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, it is the second oldest of the United States' five service academies, and educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The 338-acre (137 ha) campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, 33 miles (53 km) east of Washington, D.C. and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus (known to insiders as the Yard) is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum, in Philadelphia, that served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845 when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis.Candidates for admission generally must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a Member of Congress. Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as midshipmen. Tuition for midshipmen is fully funded by the Navy in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation. Approximately 1,200 plebes (an abbreviation of the Ancient Roman word plebeian) enter the Academy each summer for the rigorous Plebe Summer. About 1,000 midshipmen graduate. Graduates are usually commissioned as ensigns in the Navy or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps, but a small number can also be cross-commissioned as officers in other U.S. services, and the services of allied nations. The United States Naval Academy has some of the highest paid graduates in the country according to starting salary. The academic program grants a bachelor of science degree with a curriculum that grades midshipmen's performance upon a broad academic program, military leadership performance, and mandatory participation in competitive athletics. Midshipmen are required to adhere to the academy's Honor Concept.
Timeline of the presidency of Gerald Ford | Wikipedia audio article
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Timeline of the presidency of Gerald Ford
00:01:56 1 1974
00:02:06 1.1 August – September
00:06:28 1.2 October – December
00:09:58 2 1975
00:10:07 2.1 January – February
00:11:39 2.2 March – April
00:14:11 2.3 May – June
00:15:52 2.4 July – August
00:17:24 2.5 September – October
00:19:00 2.6 November – December
00:22:03 3 1976
00:22:13 3.1 January – February
00:24:14 3.2 March – April
00:24:41 3.3 May – June
00:26:26 3.4 July – August
00:27:40 3.5 September – October
00:29:26 3.6 November – December
00:30:40 4 1977
00:30:49 4.1 January
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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The presidency of Gerald Ford began on August 9, 1974, when Gerald Ford became President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1977, a span of 895 days. Ford, the 38th United States president, succeeded Richard Nixon, who had resigned from office. Prior to this he was the 40th Vice President of the United States, serving from 1973 until President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew on October 10, 1973. Ford has the distinction of being the first, and to date the only person to have served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office.
As President, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended. He made seven international trips while in office. Domestically, Ford presided over the worst economy in the four decades since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure. One of his more controversial acts was to grant a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. He also faced two assassination attempts. During Ford's presidency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role the United States Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President.Ford ran unsuccessfully for a full four-year presidential term in 1976. In the 1976 Republican presidential primary campaign he defeated challenger Ronald Reagan. He narrowly lost the presidential election to his Democratic opponent, Jimmy Carter.