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In the News (Thu 26 Nov 09)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Main Page
The NASA spacecraft Dawn is launched on a mission to explore mainbelt asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres.
Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai is killed in protests (pictured) involving thousands of Buddhist monks in Myanmar (Burma).
Nagai in Iraq Kenji Nagai) (1957 – September 27, 2007) was a Japanese photojournalist who was shot and killed in Myanmar during the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia   (3140 words)

  
 List of reference tables - Wikinfo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
List of size, measurement and conversions topics (these could easily be cross-referenced under other relevant categories as well)
List of abbeys and priories: Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=List_of_reference_tables   (1245 words)

  
 Gilles' Service to Fans Page
That said lets start with one of my major obsessions, Japanese popular culture, mostly anime (Japanese animation) and manga (Japanese "comics"), which are in fact the major way non-Japanese are being exposed to Japanese culture these days.
These books are not directly about anime and manga, rather they are about Japanese culture seen in many of the titles available in English.
Listings of all the translated graphic novel manga and anime as well as the sequence for the unnumbered sets.
www.koyagi.com   (732 words)

  
 Japan-Zone.com - Japan Travel Guide, Japanese Pop Culture, History, Etiquette
Japanese Girls and Guys are waiting to meet you online!
Photos of people, landmarks, scenery, wildlife, city scenes, and more...
We have some useful background info and a list of resources to help you on your way.
www.japan-zone.com   (467 words)

  
 Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Government of Dubai
List of Trade Statistics,Hotel Statistics and Population Statistics of Dubai.
List of Heritage Village Events DSF 2006 -2007
List of Children's City's DSF Programme 2006 - 2007
www.dubaitourism.ae   (101 words)

  
  Japanese Restaurant - London Restaurant Guide from 4london.info
Below is a list of japanese restaurants in london.
The list is in alphabetical order (by restaurant name, ignoring any 'the').
A small, cheap and authentic Japanese restaurant that was a 2001 Moet and Chandon Restaurant Award Nominee.
www.4london.info /londonrestaurantsjapanese.htm   (724 words)

  
  List of reference tables
List of size, measurement and conversions topics[?] (these could easily be cross-referenced under other relevant categories as well)
List of abbeys and priories: Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/Lists.html   (444 words)

  
 Seattle loses icon of Japanese heritage
In Japanese American communities around the nation, local historical and cultural landmarks such as the Nippon Kan Theatre, built in 1909, are disappearing.
The Japanese American population is growing slowly, and only a few among the newer generations step up to take over the preservation efforts of the Nissei, the generation born of immigrant parents.
Japanese Americans may not have a physical center as they did in the days before World War II, but the churches, Buddhist temples and few cultural centers such as Keiro Nursing Home have become anchors for the community.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/249861_nippon26.html?source=rss   (1215 words)

  
 50 Landmarks of Film History
But even on a list as limited in scope as this – which is intended as an introduction to film history – you will find many of the world's most acclaimed, popular, and enduring works.
Landmark of film editing ("montage") creates a collective portrait of a pivotal historic event, transcends propaganda.
Landmark of elliptical editing ("jump cuts") and deconstructive reimagining of genre (here Suspense), through realistic locations and performances and documentary-like but poetic visual style.
jclarkmedia.com /film/landmarks.html   (1388 words)

  
 Lists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
List of city nicknames (with a separate list of city nicknames in the United States)
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat
art.abcworld.net /Lists   (1030 words)

  
 Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941
Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project by Theresa Mudrock at University of Washington is a multifaceted project to create a permanent web site which provides enhanced access to the UW Libraries holdings on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Japanese American Incarceration Facts This factsheet provides a listing of legal protocol executed by the U.S. government.
Children of the Camps This PBS documentary captures the experiences of six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined as innocent children to internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II.
www.library.uiuc.edu /doc/exhibits/japaneseinternment/japan.htm   (1966 words)

  
 List of reference tables - Gurupedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
List of mountains on Io List of craters on Mars
List of windmills: UK List of watermills: UK List of the world's tallest structures
List of Judicial Committees of the Privy Council and House of Lords cases
www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_reference_tables.htm   (1148 words)

  
 J-List side blog: Bad words in Japanese & the Prefectural System
Most students of Japanese are surprised to find that there are almost no really bad words in the language -- if you define bad as in, words that kids aren't allowed to use.
The only really "bad" word in Japanese is manko (referring to a woman's reproductive organ) -- a word as embarrassingly close to "mango" as election and another word are for Japanese speakers of English.
Among the thousands of tourists feared dead in the disaster were hundreds of Japanese tourists who had gone to escape the freezing weather in Japan.
www.peterpayne.net /2004/12/bad-words-in-japanese-prefectural.html   (1180 words)

  
 List of Bohol Landmarks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of the landmarks in Bohol, Philippines
The cradle of the resistance movement during the Japanese occupation, when a group of courageous men composed of disbanded and surrendered soldiers and even civilians started the organization of the guerilla to liberate the people from oppression.
The marker was erected in memory of another historic event in the district of Ubuja, which was the battle fought by the brave guerilla Captain Francisco Salazar and his men against the superior forces of the Japanese on October 22, 1942.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Bohol_Landmarks   (4041 words)

  
 The Anime Companion: What's Japanese in Japanese Animation?
It is an explication of the ethnic nuances in these films, especially those set in historical or modern Japan, rather than a listing or discussion of anime itself.
Since that is not much use to Westerners who do not know the Japanese names for what they have questions about, the book is indexed in several ways.
Local landmarks include the headquarters of NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai; see separate entry), the Yoyogi National Stadium and Yoyogi Park.
www.awn.com /mag/issue3.11/3.11pages/pattenanime.php3   (522 words)

  
 CNN.com - Reel page turners: 'The A List' of movies - March 19, 2002
Or you can turn to the compilation Sight and Sound magazine puts out every few years, but that list is skewed toward cinema historians, not people looking to rent a movie on a Saturday night so they don't have to watch the umpteenth rerun of "Road House" on cable.
Knowledge of the landmarks of movie history is wanting -- and not just by the average moviegoer, Carr says.
Carr said he is pleased that the Chicago critic contributed to "The A List" and said he doesn't see the two volumes as direct competitors.
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/aa.greatest.movies   (977 words)

  
 Clues and Landmarks
The culture associated with the landmark is Roman Catholic.
This landmark is the longest of its kind in the world.
The religion of the area of this landmark is mainly protestant.
mathforum.org /~carol/clues.html   (3560 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Ronald Schultz on Sento at Sixth and Main: Preserving Landmarks of Japanese American ...
Although many Japanese families farmed by registering their landholding under the names of sympathetic Americans, land-owning restrictions kept Japanese family names out of county land records and severely limited the preservation of much of Japanese rural life until after World War II.
At Japanese Camp, part of the Pacific States Lumber complex in Selleck, Washington, Japanese logging workers lived literally and socially on the other side of the tracks.
The stories of life in Little Tokyo and the history of Japanese bowling leagues and the building of the Holiday Bowl in the city's Crenshaw District reveal the tenacity and creativity of Nihonmachi in meeting the challenges of exclusion, discrimination, and cultural opposition.
www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=130841055560054   (1249 words)

  
 CERES: State Historical Landmarks for Tulare County
Below is a list of the State Historical Landmarks for Tulare County.
These facilities were intended to confine Japanese Americans until more permanent concentration camps, such as those at Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, could be built in isolated areas of the country.
Beginning on March 30, 1942, all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to surrender themselves for detention.
ceres.ca.gov /geo_area/counties/Tulare/landmarks.html   (659 words)

  
 JS Online:
The list, compiled by the private, non-profit Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation, is designed to build public support for saving historic properties threatened with alteration, neglect or demolition.
In 1997, battered by Japanese competitors, the property was sold to Tower Automotive, which closed it March 30.
The trust put two sites on its "preservation watch" list because they are threatened by development: the 100 block of State St. in Madison and the Truax Building in Superior, built in 1895 by businessman Peter Truax.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=431895   (426 words)

  
 Japanese Cultural Reference Links
Aspects of Japanese Culture and Society An Anthropologist's View by Professor Abito Ito of Tokyo University.
Japanese Education by Katsuta Shuichi and Nakauchi Toshio
Japanese Book News (English, quarterly) Available as PDF files stating with Volume 16.
www.koyagi.com /links.html   (964 words)

  
 Planning & Building - Historic Landmarks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Buildings may be eligible for landmark status if they have historic and/or architectural value and have retained their original exterior form and materials.
While each building may not be individually worthy of landmark status, collectively they preserve the visual qualities and ambiance of the past.
The bank, with its perfectly preserved vintage banking hall, is not designated as a historic landmark; the tower and bank are owned separately.
cms.longbeach.gov /plan/content/historiclandmarks.htm   (5014 words)

  
 CLPEF Projects in Alphabetical order
A comparative sociological and historical study of interned Japanese, German, and Italian nationals and American citizens in the WWII Department of Justice camps
Japanese American Mine and Railroad Populations in the Interior West: 1920-45
Japanese Latin American Internment During WWII From the Okinawan Perspective
www.momomedia.com /CLPEF/proj/list.html   (578 words)

  
 Microform Collections, UM Libraries
The following is a partial list of major collections in microfilm, microfiche, microcard and microprint format in the UMCP Libraries.
Collections are listed here by names of issuing countries or organizations, or by title, as appropriate.
The Naval Office Shipping Lists for Maryland, 1689-1754, in the Public Record Office, London.
www.lib.umd.edu /MICROFORMS/micro_list.html   (1616 words)

  
 Japan Picture Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In order to make easy your travels in Japan, we have listed here famous Japanese landmarks with photos.
You can also improve your Japanese language skill with an explanatory text associated to each tourist site, if you purcahse Free Ligh Japanese.
These are exercises files for Free Light Japanese II.
www.hikyaku.com /gallery/gallery.html   (186 words)

  
 50 Places @ nationalgeographic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This site features a clickable map, which provides photos and valuable historic information about Jordan’s great archaeological treasure.
The World Monuments Fund maintains a list of the “100 Most Endangered Sites” as part of its effort to mobilize private support to preserve cultural landmarks.
Stop by this site for a history of Petra, a description of the journey into and around the complex, plus a photo album, slide show, and a very brief list of hotels.
www.nationalgeographic.com /traveler/petra.html   (177 words)

  
 :: Metropolis Tokyo :: THE GOODS -
And number one on most women’s fall shopping list is a pair of killer boots.
The properties on the board are all shops within the RH complex, and the pieces reflect the best of Murakami and Roppongi Hills—the counters are designed in the shape of the Mori Tower, and the set even comes with a Roppongi Hills handbook.
One of the landmarks of the Omotesando thoroughfare is Anniversaire, with its outdoor café, restaurant, private dining rooms, shops and wedding halls.
www.metropolis.co.jp /tokyo/554/goods.asp   (806 words)

  
 City of Omaha's Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission
In 1964 the house was renovated for Drew Antiques and Art Objects, a business that had specialized in the sale of antiques since 1928.
A fine example of Prairie style design, the exterior of the house displays many Japanese influenced motifs.
(This building is also listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places and is located in a National Register Historic District.
www.ci.omaha.ne.us /landmarks/designated_landmarks/landmarks/34/Default.htm   (137 words)

  
 Moran (KS01) - Newsletter - This Week in Congress
Led by Pat Wick and Jessica Gilbert, revitalization efforts have included the opening of a bed and breakfast, a lodge and a museum honoring Ramona’s pioneer history.
I have also testified during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Japanese trade, met with the Japanese ambassador and visited with the President to express the support of over 100 Members of Congress in making this issue his highest economic priority.
I am encouraged by recent actions by the Japanese to reestablish the beef trade, possibly within the next few weeks.
www.house.gov /apps/list/press/ks01_moran/morenews/twic120505.html   (1892 words)

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