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  Story // Umi ga Kikoeru // Nausicaa.net
Taku now tries harder to get a better look at the girl, but is all the more disappointed to find she has turned completely in the opposite direction in order to talk to her teacher.
Taku responds that he doesn't like the way the teachers are trying to make up for that incident by having a better trip for their high school trip, namely to Hawaii.
Taku's mother objects and the two have an argument about whose fault it is. In the end, Taku's mother asks that he be more considerate of Rikako and help her with the transition.
www.nausicaa.net /miyazaki/umi/synopsis   (6327 words)

  
 Taku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taku (the whale), a killer whale that lives in SeaWorld
Taku, Saga, a city located in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan
Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taku   (123 words)

  
 MEDIA BACKGROUNDER - A Good Day for the Taku River
Taku River Tlingit still require considerable support with their legal costs and, now, to assist them in pressing the governments for quick and decisive action.
The Taku River is estimated to be the largest salmon producer in all of southeast Alaska and northern British Columbia.
The Taku River Tlingit First Nation, who claim the Taku watershed as part of its traditional territory, is undergoing the final stages of treaty negotiations with the Canadian and BC governments.
www.sierralegal.org /m_archive/2000/bk00_06_30.htm   (2263 words)

  
 Taku Wild Smoked Salmon :: The People & The River
It is important to keep all of the Taku River basin free from shortsighted harmful development that would pollute any part of the river, as the impact would affect the entire river system.
The Taku River basin encompasses five biogeoclimatic zones, ranging from high plateaus to lush coastal temperate rainforests and is rich with wildlife, including caribou, moose, bears, mountain goats, mountain sheep, a variety of migratory birds, and all five species of pacific salmon.
Due to this close collaboration the Taku River has been spared from the downturn in Sockeye and Coho stocks that is evident in many other watersheds throughout North America.
www.takuwild.com /people   (754 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Taku Yamasaki
Taku Yamasaki (山崎 æ‹“; Yamasaki Taku, December 11, 1936 -) is a Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
Born in Dalian, China, he was blinded in one eye as a child.
He became Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2001, and the Vice-President of the LDP in 2003.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Taku-Yamasaki   (819 words)

  
 Taku Forts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Taku Forts (Chinese: 大沽船坞; pinyin: dagu paotai) are forts located by the Hai He (Peiho River) estuary, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China.
The first fort was built during the reign of the Ming Emperor, Jiajing, between 1522 and 1527.
It was severely mauled and forced to withdraw under the cover of fire from an American naval squadron commanded by Commodore Josiah Tattnall.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taku_Forts   (372 words)

  
 The Territory of the Taku River Tlingit
The prevailing salmon producer of Southeast Alaska and the largest intact wilderness river system on the Pacific Coast of North America, the 4.5 million-acre transboundary Taku River watershed, dominates this territory as it flows from the interior mountain ranges of British Columbia to the coastal ranges of Alaska.
The BC courts decided for the Taku River Tlingit, on the grounds that the TRTFN had not been properly consulted, especially in the absence of a land plan and ongoing treaty negotiations.
The goal of the Taku River Wildlife Conservation Project is to achieve long-term conservation of the wildlife and preservation for the wilderness character of the Taku River watershed, and to promote wildlife conservation throughout the entirety of the territory of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation.
www.roundriver.org /trt_conservation_main.html   (513 words)

  
 The New York Times > Taku Restaurant Review > New York City Restaurant Reviews
THE new restaurant Taku recently served an interesting dessert, a chilled strawberry soup with savory challenges to its essential sweetness, like pinches of salt and pepper, a splash of white vinegar, a goat cheese panna cotta in the center and, around that silken island, a scattering of anise hyssop.
Adam Shepard, Taku's chef and one of its two owners, lives within walking - really, crawling - distance of the restaurant, and a few of the grace notes in his dishes are the bounty of his own backyard.
Taku is that kind of place, seemingly more common in Brooklyn than in Manhattan: a lovingly rendered, hoveringly attended, very personal expression of a chef whose physical connection to his kitchen is close in the most literal sense.
www.nytimes.com /2005/07/27/dining/reviews/27rest.html?ei=5088&en=151ee6bd369bbc02&ex=1280116800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all   (1195 words)

  
 taku, taku river, taku glacier, atlin bc, bc whitewater rafting, british columbia rafting, ROAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Taku drains a rugged northern British Columbia landmass equal to the size of Ireland.
This massive watershed - the largest unprotected Pacific watershed in the western hemisphere - is locked in the imposing Coast Mountains, home to endless boreal and temperate rainforest, and vast populations of caribou, grizzly and fl bear, wolves, wolverine and mountain goat.
The Taku is also one of the most prolific salmon-producing rivers in North America.
www.iroamtheworld.com /trips/takuexpeditions.html   (182 words)

  
 Essence: One love two cultures: at home with show host Arthel Neville and her husband, Taku Hirano - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Taku, who has worked with Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Dr. Dre, Stevie Wonder, Teena Marie and Yolanda Adams, was playing percussion for Isaac Hayes at a New Orleans jazz festival in April 1999.
Taku had noticed Arthel earlier, recognizing her as "the girl from Extra." He watched her keeping rhythm with the band until Hayes began giving complicated hand signals for a final rendition of "Shaft."
Back in Manhattan, when Taku was in town for a month of rehearsals, Arthel discovered he was no stranger to her culture.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1264/is_3_34/ai_103565390   (1463 words)

  
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Tasaka explained to Taku that Chisa was having a relationship with a married man, and she had been through a lot recently.
Taku and Rikako were on a boat, and Chisa and Tasaka were watching them.
She ignored Tasaka and told Taku that a terrible man did this to her and for a punishment, she would pest the man for the rest of his life, and he would have to endure that and take care of her.
www.nausicaa.net /miyazaki/umi/synopsis_umi2_en.txt   (1203 words)

  
 Tallying the Taku - March/April 1998 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
The Taku, in fact, is one of the largest salmon-producing rivers in southeast Alaska.
At press time, the Taku's fate is in the hands of provincial ministers in Victoria, who must weigh Redfern's claim (based on ten days of research) that its mine will cause negligible impact against the appeals of environmentalists, who want the region protected from mining, logging, and other development.
By now the Taku carries the flow of its entire multimillion-acre watershed and it is intent upon reaching the sea.
www.sierraclub.org /sierra/199803/taku.asp   (3855 words)

  
 Grant Summary: Round River Conservation Studies
The goal of the project is to preserve the wilderness character of the Taku River watershed and promote the long-term conservation of wildlife throughout the Taku River Tlingit territory.
Throughout the centuries, the Taku River Tlingit people have been the stewards who ensured that this land, and the animals that depend on it, would be sustained.
There is an explicit Taku River Tlingit First Nation interest in land management and wildlife conservation and a history of active involvement with wildlife throughout the Taku.
www.moore.org /grantees/grant_summaries_content.asp?Grantee=rrcs   (453 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Taku Forts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In June 1858, at the end of the first part of the Second Opium War (additional info and facts about Second Opium War), the Treaties of Tianjin (additional info and facts about Treaties of Tianjin) were signed, which opened Tianjin to foreign trade.
It was severely mauled and forced to withdraw under the cover of fire from an American naval squadron commanded by Commodore (A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral) Josiah Tattnall (additional info and facts about Josiah Tattnall).
On September 26, the force arrived at Beijing (Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city) and had captured the city by October 6.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/taku_forts.htm   (485 words)

  
 Taku River Rafting Northern BC Southeast Alaska Whitewater  River Expeditions  Unuk River Sheslay River ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Taku is on Canadian and American environmentalists’ list of endangered rivers, for a controversial mining project.
The Tulsequah Chief mine and road project would require the construction of a 160 km road into the wilderness heart of the Taku watershed and the operation of a contaminating mine in one of the last great salmon river systems on the Pacific shore of North America.
In addition to directly harming fish and wildlife, devastating habitat, and placing Taku River Tlingit First Nation cultural and economic practices at risk; the road threatens to bring an industrial resource rush to this astonishing and essentially pristine watershed.
www.equinoxexpeditions.com /taku.html   (1184 words)

  
 Taku Wild Smoked Salmon :: Our Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Taku Wild was formed by the TRTFN to enable the commercial sale of sustainably caught, specially packaged, organically flavored wild salmon products to benefit the Taku River Tlingit and to help fund conservation efforts in the Taku River basin.
Currently, Tlingit fishermen on the Taku River catch our salmon, and it is then taken by boat to Juneau, Alaska, where it is smoked and specially packaged in a certified commercial facility.
Taku Wild's vision is to ensure the long-term viability of the Taku River and the surrounding land, lakes, and wildlife.
www.takuwild.net /company   (476 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Cameroon: Charles Taku At International Criminal Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The lawyer said he sees the files of DR Congo as essentially a continuation of the Rwandan files because, "most of the 263 complainants were victims of widespread systematic attacks from the Rwandan Patriotic Front, RPF.
Taku spends most of his time criss-crossing the globe investigating cases.
On whether he is not worried about his security, given that he is defending people accused of orchestrating mass murder, Taku said, "the UN system has given us a kind of immunity.
allafrica.com /stories/200512220776.html   (637 words)

  
 Taku River Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the far northwestern reaches of British Columbia and flowing into Alaska, is the magnificent Taku River Valley, the largest unfragmented and as yet unprotected watershed on the Pacific Coast of North America.
A world-class wilderness, the Taku River watershed contains some of the richest wildlife habitat in North America, roaming with grizzly, wolves, Stone’s sheep, moose, woodland caribou, migratory birds and healthy populations of salmon.
The Taku is also the traditional territory of the Taku River Tlingit people who have developed their own land-use plan for their territory and insist that conservation-based planning should take place before any major development is allowed to proceed.
www.wildernesscommittee.org /campaigns/rainforest/northern_forest/taku   (574 words)

  
 Taku Inlet and the Taku Glaciers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Taku Inlet extends extends 18 miles in a N. direction from Stephen's Passage, widening to a basin where the Taku River, a tide-water, and an Alpine glacier dischrge their floods.
The Taku Glacier was christened the Schulze Glacier in 1883, in honour of Paul Schulze, of Tacoma, and in 1891 was renamed the Foster Glacier, in honour of the then Secretary of the Treasury; but locally to geologists, tourists and navigators it remains Taku.
The native Name is Sitth Klunu Gutta, "the spirits' home." It is Sitth too Yehk's, the ice spirit's, very palace of delight, and the fabled man-faced seals with their human hands live and frolic in its clear blue grottoes and crystal dells.
www.arcticwebsite.com /TakuInletguidebook1896.html   (383 words)

  
 Taku Wild Smoked Salmon :: Our Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Taku Wild Smoked Salmon is currently available with Maple and Pepper flavorings.
Taku Wild Pepper Smoked Salmon is flavored using coarse ground organic pepper and just a hint of organic garlic.
Wild Taku River Sockeye salmon, spicy pepper and subtle garlic flavors meld into a powerful and delicious delicacy.
www.takuwild.org /product   (313 words)

  
 Takuma Sato
Taku: Cold tyres, brakes to blame for MS incident (12.9.2005)
Taku Hungary to do well before summer break.
Jinx strikes Taku again - this time at Monza.
www.takumasato.org   (27 words)

  
 Regal Tip Taku Hirano Signature Sticks Drum Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Taku Hirano has performed and toured with some of the best in the business, including Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, The Backstreet Boys, Puff Daddy, Brandy, Isaac Hayes, and Stevie Nicks to name a few.
Taku Hirano, a top-rate touring percussionist with such artists as Fleetwood Mac, Whitney Houston, and Lionel Richie, has come up with an ingenious design for a percussion stick.
The Taku stick, as described in the Regal Tip catalogue, is a multi-functional stick.
www.music123.com /Regal-Tip-Taku-Hirano-Signature-Sticks-i76780.music   (738 words)

  
 Taku Forts 1860
A few days later a reconnaissance force moved towards the Taku Forts and two Queen’s soldiers were wounded by bullets from a Chinese jingal (a huge musket crewed by three men).
The 31st were involved in the move towards the emplacement at Tang–Ku and the preparation of a shelter trench; the Queen’s took part in the eventual assault.
The Taku Forts area was surrounded by liquid mud and swampland with deep water courses intersecting it in all directions.
www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /1661to1966/takuforts/takuforts.html   (356 words)

  
 Taku-Kahn, The Mewtwo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Taku is well adapted into Spectre's family to the point where he actually seemed to be one of
Spectre, whom Taku lovingly regers to as Master, took a suggestion from on of her father's old friends, and marked him
Taku never liked to see the brands, and wore the bracers with the excuse fashion to
members.aol.com /mercenarywraith/takukahn.html   (350 words)

  
 Taku 105 - Juneau's Big Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Country is one of the top rated formats in America and Taku 105 is proud to bring you today's best hot country hits.
Taku 105 also features great programs like American Country Countdown Saturday mornings from 6:00-10:00am.
The Dance Machine is packed up and ready to go...just drop an e-mail to shelly@taku105.com or maverick@taku105.com or give us a call, 586-3630, and we'll set you up with price quotes and available dates.
www.taku105.com /aboutus.htm   (623 words)

  
 Taku Wilderness Lodge | History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The yacht was anchored in front of Taku Glacier and the supplies were ferried to the lodge by small boat.
She adapted well to life on the Taku; in fact, her favorite snack was raw salmon, which she would eat as fast as Hack could fillet it.
Ron fell in love with the Taku Glacier Lodge and in 1972 he met Kathy whose dream was to live in the bush.
www.wingsofalaska.com /lodgehistory.htm   (929 words)

  
 Showdown on the Taku River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Taku crosses the Alaska panhandle and reaches the ocean near Juneau.
Alaskan officials are now concerned Canadian environmental standards and procedures are inadequate and that the Taku's $7.4 million commercial and sport salmon fishery will be damaged by the road and the mine.
The DFO has ordered that the site be cleaned up, but Chandler said he is unable to do so until a road is built because the only way to get materials to the site is by helicopter, which is too expensive.
www.thetyee.ca /News/2004/11/17/ShowdownontheTakuRiver/print.html   (1724 words)

  
 Taku Safari Big Game hunting guide Outfitters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Guy and Elsie have been operating Taku Safari, their Hunting Territory of 1 million hectare or about 6000 sq., miles since 1978, which lays in North West British Columbia.
Our base camp is located on the Taku River which we cruise with jet boats.
Most of our terrain is mountainous and therefore the physical condition of the hunter can be a factor in the success rate which is between 80 to 95%.
www.takusafari.com   (139 words)

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