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August 27, 2014 – ST. HELENA, CA – Sutter Home Family Vineyards announced today the launch of the new "Text for Hope" program as part of its 13-year ongoing Sutter Home for Hope breast cancer awareness initiative. The program will launch on September 1, 2014 in preparation for National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and will run through December 31, 2014. Participating consumers can text "HOPE" to 89800 ("Text Hope") for a chance to win a limited edition pink Sutter Home for Hope jersey*. For each text received, Sutter Home will make a $1.00 donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, up to $50,000.00.
The Sutter Home for Hope initiative was started when one of Sutter Home's founding family members, Vera Trinchero Torres, was diagnosed with the disease in 2001. One of the first wine companies to make a commitment to breast cancer awareness, the Sutter Hope for Hope program has helped to raise nearly $1 million towards breast cancer research, treatment and education.
"For the past 13 years, Sutter Home has been dedicated to supporting the cause of breast cancer awareness, treatment and education through the Sutter Home for Hope campaign. This year, we are thrilled to be partnering with the National Breast Cancer Foundation and excited to bring our Sutter Home consumers together with our own employees and distributor partners in support of this important cause. According to the National Cancer Institute, when breast cancer is detected early, the 5-year survival is 98%. This year's Sutter Home for Hope campaign and partnership with the NBCF will focus on increasing awareness of the importance for all women to have an early detection plan," said Wendy Nyberg, Vice President of Marketing for Sutter Home.
"We are very excited about our new partnership with Sutter Home Family Vineyards. When we learned about the brand's 13 year history of supporting the fight against breast cancer, we knew they would be a great fit with our mission of Helping Women Now through early detection, education and support services. Together with Sutter Home, we can reach more women than ever before with our messages of hope and critically important educational tools," said Janelle Hail, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Each year, thousands of people across the country have supported Sutter Home for Hope – by participating in its programs like Text for Hope, Capsules for Hope, and Walk for Hope; sharing their personal stories and photos on the Sutter Home for Hope website; or simply wearing pink Sutter Home for Hope jerseys and ribbons to continue raising awareness. The Sutter Home Facebook page, which has over 445,000 fans, and Twitter pages, will go all-pink in celebration of breast cancer awareness month in October. For more information visit: www.sutterhomeforhope.com
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Sutter Home Family Vineyards is wholly owned and operated by the Trinchero family, Napa Valley vintners since 1948. The Trinchero Family Estates portfolio of more than 40 wines and spirits includes such brands such as Sutter Home, Ménage à Trois, Trinchero Napa Valley, SeaGlass, Fancy Pants, Napa Cellars, Terra d'Oro, Trinity Oaks, Folie à Deux, Sugar Island Rum, and the number one alcohol-removed wine, Fre. Trinchero Family Estates also markets and sells Joel Gott Wines; The Three Thieves (Bandit, Newman's Own, and The SHOW); Charles & Charles; Taken Wine Co.; Angove Wines from Australia; Carmen Wines from Chile; Shatter Wines from France; Sugar Island Rum from the Caribbean; and CRUZ and Tres Agaves Tequilas from Mexico. Visit www.SutterHome.com to learn more.
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Recognized as one of the leading breast cancer organizations in the world, the National Breast Cancer Foundation's (NBCF) mission is to save lives through early detection and to provide mammograms for those in need. A recipient of Charity Navigator's highest 4-star rating for ten years, NBCF provides women Help for Today…Hope for Tomorrow® through its National Mammography Program, Beyond The Shock®, Early Detection Plan, MyNBCF online support community, and breast cancer research programs. For more information, please visit www.nbcf.org.


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Music in Jewish Thought / The Value of Sacred Music
February 15, 2010 in Book Review | Tags: Abraham Z. Idelsohn, Adolph Guttmann, Ashkenazic, Benjamin F. Peixotto, Eduard Birnbaum, Francis L. Cohen, Geoffrey Goldberg, Gustav Karpeles, Israel Jacobson, Jonathan L. Friedmann, Joseph Reider, Kurt Schindler, Naphtali Herz Imber, Sacred Music, Salomon Sulzer, Synagogue Music | by jmfr | 1 comment
Music in Jewish Thought: Selected Writings, 1890–1920. Jonathan L. Friedmann, comp. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2008. 212 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-4439-7
The Value of Sacred Music: An Anthology of Essential Writings, 1801–1918. Jonathan L. Friedmann, comp. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2008. 186 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-4201-0
Reviewed by Geoffrey Goldberg
Although the study of Jewish music as a scholarly discipline is still comparatively recent, the publication of two anthologies of older musical thought highlights how the field has matured. The first work is a collection of essays written between the death of Salomon Sulzer (1804–1890), the cantor-composer "rejuvenator" of Ashkenazic synagogue music, and the emergence after World War I of Abraham Z. Idelsohn (1882–1938), the first academically recognized musicologist and ethnomusicologist of Jewish music. What Sulzer and Idelsohn shared in common, according to Friedmann, was a romantic notion of Judaism's musical past. Just as Sulzer strove "to discover and present 'purified' [Ashkenazic] Jewish music" (8), so Idelsohn sought "to uncover unifying elements contained in the music of all Jewish communities, no matter how disparate" (15). The achievements of both engendered a sense of pride in the continuity of Judaism's religious and cultural past and the Jewish people's place in the post-Emancipation present.
Perspectives on Jewish Music: Secular and Sacred
February 6, 2010 in Book Review | Tags: Diaspora, Jeff Janeczko, John Zorn, Jonathan L. Friedmann, Joshua S. Walden, Liturgical Music, Mark S. Goodman, Radical Jewish Culture, Sephardic Music, Vanessa Paloma, William Sharlin | by jmfr | 1 comment
Perspectives on Jewish Music: Secular and Sacred. Jonathan L. Friedmann, ed. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009. 162 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-4152-6
Reviewed by Joshua S. Walden
Perspectives on Jewish Music, a collection of five essays addressing music in contemporary Jewish culture and personal Jewish history, is edited by Jonathan L. Friedmann, a cantor, string player, and author. In his introduction, Friedmann describes music as a tool of cultural preservation and emphasizes the role of music performance in defining Jewish personal and group identities throughout the Diaspora. Because of the many different contexts and conditions of Jewish life in the twentieth century, music has played a variety of roles and reflects a broad diversity of influences. This multiplicity of Jewish musical experiences is reflected in the disparate subjects of the book's chapters.

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Power Rangers Beast Morphers Finale Spoilers
By PowerRangersNOW Posted in Beast Morphers
Power Rangers has begun its annual international run, as Australia has jumped ahead on Power Rangers Beast Morphers!
New episodes of Power Rangers Beast Morphers will return to the United States beginning on September 14, 2019 at 8:00am ET on Nickelodeon. Fans can look forward to 14 brand new episodes this fall!
Below, fans can find more from Power Rangers Beast Morphers' 20th episode:
Episode 20 – Evox Upgraded
US Airdate: December 7
Mayor Daniels and the Power Rangers must travel into the cyber dimension to save Devon and defeat Evox.
–SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT–
Click here for Episode 19 spoilers!
The Rangers work to build the cybergate so they can save Devon. Mayor Daniels arrives and is furious that the secret of his son being the Red Ranger was withheld from him. But Commander Shaw reveals to him that her son is the Blue Ranger, so she can fully relate to constantly having your child in danger.
The Rangers finish the cybergate, and Betty tests it out. She goes into the gate, but it's still unstable, so she comes out with elastic powers.
Ravi has the idea to go through the gate with a radio transmitter, so he can then give the other Rangers the coordinates to go in with their Zords. But Commander Shaw forbids her son to go. Suddenly, Mayor Daniels grabs Ravi's radio transmitter, and goes through himself to save his son, just before the gate closes.
Mayor Daniels sends the Rangers his coordinates. He then finds Devon and the two have a talk about Devon being the Red Ranger. Mayor Daniels apologizes for all the times he's been hard on his son in the past.
Nate decides the other four Rangers must head to the coordinates with their Zords, but Zoey fears they don't have enough power. Luckily, Nate reveals he's been working on a new Ultrazord which could come in handy. The Rangers form the Ultrazord and head to Mayor Daniels' coordinates.
In the cyber dimension, Blaze and Scrozzle realize what's happening, and begin to upload Evox into his body, and create three Gigadrones to fight the Rangers.
The Rangers show up and defeat the Gigadrones using the Ultrazord, but Evox's body is complete. He destroys the Zords with one blast, and then uses another strong blast to de-morph the Rangers.
Scrozzle makes Evox even bigger, and plans to teleport him to Coral Harbor to destroy the Morphin Grid. But Zoey has an idea – if the Rangers destroy the Morph-X tower that was stolen in the cyber dimension, it'll create an explosive blast that can stop Evox from going to Coral Harbor.
Devon's Racer Zord still works, so he uses it to go after the Morph-X tower. But he's stopped by Blaze, who also has his own Zord now.
The two fight, while the other four Rangers attempt to find Scrozzle and stop him from teleporting Evox. Nate finds him and stops the teleportation, but Scrozzle escapes.
Devon defeats Blaze's avatar, and destroys the Morph-X tower. The tower explodes, and the Morph-X shockwave destroys Evox. The Rangers go back through the gate to Coral Harbor.
Back at Grid Battleforce, everyone is safe, but Mayor Daniels notices he's glowing in purple. Suddenly, Blaze's body awakens in his chamber, and the entire team is reunited.
Grid Battleforce bestows a medal of honor on the five Rangers, Ben, and Betty. Betty's elastic powers remain, as does Mayor Daniels' purple glow.
The team takes a final selfie to celebrate.
107 thoughts on "Power Rangers Beast Morphers Finale Spoilers"
If Evox is gone, who will be the main villain in Season 2?
Who knows, but I say he should be back in season two, since we have the RPM crossover.
Bay says:
The monster that has ENTER logo printed on his head. I think hasbro will make him into something else villain, not just blaze monster form
I think that as the mayor is turning purple he can be the new villan and if bety,s elastic powers remain she can be the new ranger…..
It is also the possibility like in dino thunder trent's father is the main villan this also also be show in next season. Devon and rangers will try to defeat evil daniel and save Devon's father.
Robert Drowney Jr says:
You just foreshadowed it!
If you want to see a possibility of who it is go to the website grnrgrn
It does leave one thing going into season 2. Why is the mayor glowing purple?
sdfds says:
My guess is, Evox's consciousness has infected him.
We know for sure there will be something happening in the second season since neither episode 19 nor 20 had Jason and Beast X mode. Maybe in season 2 they'll meet the creator of Evox since most computer viruses are created by people
So Evox is definitely gone with no signs of returning, what a waste of a villain.
He should be back, since we have the RPM crossover.
In the source materail gobuster itself, he only last two episode.
I hope Ben and Betty become the new power rangers in the second season! I'm can't wait!
Well, I think just betty would become ranger. Because, she's got a new power and ben is too coward to fight the monsters. I hope in season 2, betty can use that power as good as well not only doing something stupid like season 1 and have determination to be ranger.
I think just betty who would become ranger. Because, she's got a new power and ben is too coward to fight the monsters. I hope in season 2, betty can use that power as good as well not only doing something stupid like season 1.
Tai says:
I get the feeling Evox will be back, most likely possessing Mayor Daniels' body.
Willis James says:
Evox is infected Mayor Daniel! The purple light is in his hand and body. He be back next year in season 2. Super or No Super?
Hey, Mark, Even Though Evox Is Definitely Gone With No Signs Of Returning, He Is Not A Waste Of A Villain And Even Though Evox Is Definitely Gone With No Signs Of Returning That Does Not Mean That Evox Is A Waste Of A Villain, Because, Like I Said Above, EVOX IS NOT A WASTE OF A VILLAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO SHUT YOUR MOUTH UP RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe we should wait and see what happens if he's back in season two or not.
Evox will probably come back in another body so they can use any monster suit.
Mr. Generous says:
Hey hey hey, we still got December episode Special coming up at the end of this year, and that new episode is called "Scrozzle's Revenge". Got it?
Yes Mr Generous, I Got It. I Remember. There Is Absolutely No Need At All To Remind Me. Alright? Okay?
sfdsf says:
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that the purple glow in Mayor Daniels means he's been infected by Evox.
DavyDaveDavid says:
Looking at the comments, Evox is apparently gone. Okay, cool. Season over. Blaze and Roxy are normal again so now everything's tied up. Let's move onto something new and this time maybe the writing team can at least put some more effort into their work.
Dude, what are you smoking? The writing was so much better this season compared to that of the entire Neo Saban era.
PS: The second season has already been filmed.
Then they should burn the footage they've recorded and the camera equipment that was used to film it all. They world would be a better place afterward.
No you idiot. You should go commit suicide. Then the world would be a better place. You f***ing b***h.
Michael sounds like boogie2988 right now.
Z says:
Bro whats your problem?
Whats my problem? This sh**head is saying ignorant and neagtive things about Power Rangers. On a Power Rangers fan site. You don't see anything wrong with that. Man, Dave needs to be slaughtered. And dammit I wanna be the one to take my knife and do the damn thing
Yeah, you really are talking like an adult. How old did you say you were again? What, 33? Pretty sure that's someone -20 of that age if you're saying stuff like that.
The world would be a better place if you'd just shut up.
zap24 says:
Why don't YOU put some more effort into your posts?
AMOG says:
Shut up, you malcontent.
the writing this season, was equivalent to my tired *ss farting out sh*t and calling it mozart. In addition to the neo saban era. the last… decade, i dont know, has been a tremendous disappointment for me as a fan of the show because it refuses to grow up. and what? because its aimed for kids? a good story is something that catters to all ages. something to entertain the young crowd while keeping the adults engaged with good writing. the last season to get even close to that was rpm 10 years ago.
This season has been amazing. If you can't see that than you're an idiot. You probably voted for Trump.
I bet he did, considering that Trump is a white bigot. And Dave is a stupid f**king retard
Ardvark says:
Stop whining like an entitled elitist. If you don't like it, go watch Game of Thrones or something instead.
But then I'd be whining about how Season 6-8 was awful like everybody else, despite never seeing those.
He's a big f***ing loser. Listen Dave we know you hate power rangers so get the hell out of here. Go watch MCU or something more for adults and leave PR alone.
Oh no, I have way too much fun constantly seeing you whine alongside me about how everybody is wrong and that Beast Morphers is god's gift to humanity.
sdfs says:
Yeah, this guy definitely voted for Trump.
Dude, it's YOU who needs to grow up. If you don't like it, STOP WATCHING.
RGLM says:
I'm an adult and I find this show to be very engaging and surprisingly willing to take risks at it times. If anything, it's an enormous step up from the Neo Saban era.
Beast Morphers is a step up from the Neo-Saban era, except for Dino Charge, the best out of all the seasons, only for the quality to take a step back in Dino Super Charge.
Skekis Eternal says:
"more effort into their work."
Says the guy with three variations of the same name.
Coming from the guy who has no idea why that is my online username and the history that led up to it.
I don't want to sound like a terrorist. But I would love to throw a grenade into his bedroom window
Chris Hansen says:
You all act like Miiverse posters
Zander Towle says:
I can't believe one of voice actor, voices Evox is Kirk Thornton!
We still have a Halloween and Christmas special left. If Hasbro follows the trend the last three Christmas specials did then the Beast Morphers Christmas episode should take place after the season 1 finale.
Evox first appeared as purple energy in Episode 1, didn't he? Yeah, he's definitely somehow found a way to infect Mayor Daniels. Also, I have a nasty feeling that Blaze and Roxy will be evil again next season, except this time, it'll be the real Blaze and Roxy.
I wish Blaze's avatar wasn't defeated. I liked him evil. Also we might find out the name for Season 2 of Beast Morphers very soon
Avatar Blaze may return, because we've discovered on Walmart's website Enter Unite.
Interested. says:
Really? That's interesting. Did it come with a product description?
I think Blaze and Roxy's Sentai counterparts are in the 3 Dino Team up (whatever it is called) so it's possible
To those responding to my comments up above, I don't care about how better the writing is in Beast Morphers compared to the last five years of Power Rangers. I expected with the turn over to Hasbro that the show would step up in the quality of its writing to something akin to Zeo, In Space, Time Force, SPD, and RPM. Then it did none of that and kept to the same tongue in cheek tone from over two decades ago. And I'm not just gonna stop watching the show because it's hit another rough patch. I remember five years ago I promised I would never touch a Sonic game again, now I'm reviewing the whole series. Why? Because it's that little glimmer of hope that something great can come out of this show from the ashes of mediocrity (and not just the comics). Which is all I can really do with this franchise nowadays. That and b*tch.
Go **** yourself and your fat mom you stupid piece of s**t
Zog says:
You're a phony and a liar.
Just as I thought. An entitled elitist who thinks he's better than the rest of us.
Hey guys ignore Dave. He's a fu***ng dumb motherf**ker who does nothing with his time expect come on this site to insult power rangers and the people who watch it. He's probably doesn't even have a high school diploma
Neither do you since you also insult tons of people on this site you- I legitimately forgot my insult and can't come up with another.
Wilber says:
My gosh, does the comment section on PRN needs to be moderated.
Flossed says:
Nah. Let's just get it all out in the open. Tell everyone what we're *really* thinking.
No but I believe there needs to be a "Contact us" on this site for people to report other people who are being bullies such as Dave.
takes one to know one
Stormranger says:
I think venjix will come back for season 2. One more reason for rpm crossover. Who's with me
SHUT THE F*** UP! Venjix Will Come Back in Season 2 of Power Rangers Beast Morphers Not Super or Ultra! But Season 2 Is Gonna Be The F***ing Super Season That I've Ever F***ing Seen!
Mitchel Dulaney on Facebook says:
So the mayor is glowing purple, much like being infected with a virus. I think Evox entered the storyline like that in the 1st episode, a virus that infected the ranger creation Morph-X flow. What if the Mayor is now the new Evox, and as so now has the ability to summon past help to complete his evil plans. AND guess who else has experiences as a virus, and perhaps Evox is a child program of Vengix. Motherboard then daughterboard. Vengix then Evox. And the Rangers know that when you mess with the past, the future gets more intersting when creative answers need to be found, especially inspiration from the Grad Battleforce simulation room, that may produce some real answers and results from the past, say former Red Rangers and such.
Cam the PR Fan says:
I've genuinely enjoyed Beast Morphers. The writing has been sharper, the characters are relatable and likeable, and the villains (especially Blaze, Roxy and Scrozzle) have been some of the best the show has had in years.
Even the comedy is better. Ben and Betty, are by no means perfect, but I enjoy them a lot more than Victor and Monty. For the most part, no-one is laughing at them, and they are brave when it counts.
Shan Chaudhry says:
Their names are not Victor and Monty. They are called "PrickTurd and CrapGeek".
Yeah, Ben and Betty at least *try* to help the Rangers, even if they don't always succeed. Victory and Monty were always just out for themselves.
Power Rangers Beast Morphers overall has been somewhat of a decent improvement; still has some cracks in it's stone. I honestly dig the first episode better than the rest. I want to see Fury Mode used more often without turning Red Beast Ranger into a grumpy Fury Gem addict. Also, I want to see the Cheetah Beast Blaster used outside of the Megazord. Also, less cheesy, immature dialogue for next season because I don't want any brain damage. Instead, add some more fresh and uniqueness for each script to show signs of creativity. Perhaps change the "Mantis and Scarab" thing back to "Rhino and Stag Beetles"? Also, give General Burke more appearances and make him a bit more serious. I hope we stop seeing more boring generic stuff next season, I am crossing my fingers for this one to be better.
The Rhino/Stag beetle thing ain't gonna happen. Sorry.
That's what I'm talking about! I just explained it horribly each time.
'cause you're a horrible person.
scathing
This fandom is full of ignorance and stupidity. And all of it is from this site and also its from Rangerboard too.
Appelsap says:
Says who ? Frustrated boy 😂
I mean michael
*shrugs*
Yeah, well, at least people are being honest about their true feelings.
Okay, I just watched the German version of the episode (don't ask how).
Yeah… Mayor Daniels has DEFINITELY been infected by Evox. First of all, there's the very ominous music when his hand glows purple. Secondly, Evox is turned into purple energy when his body is destroyed. That exact same purple energy has infected the mayor.
Nigeria Darby says:
What is your problem why do you all keep dissing Power Rangers enjoying Power Rangers then dissing it again repeatedly repeatedly repeatedly I mean seriously if you're going to get the f*** off this damn website
Quintyn Marshall Ayers says:
Mayor Daniels is a ruffian for identify Devon's Secrets. He should've lied to Devon. He did not know that Evil Avatars are Real.
naffay says:
I am thinking the Mayor Daniels become main villan
That'd be interesting, I'd jump back on just to see where that goes. That is if they don't conclude that plot point like I think they are.
Why are you still here. Didn't I tell you to leave.
You think either of us are really listening to each other?
I'm outta here. I can't take all this ingorance and stupidity. You guys especially Dave are a bunch of f***ing retards. I only come to this site for news and updates. But I think I'm gonna just go to tokunation for news from now on. I'm gone. F**K all of you. Bye
I guess we got 'em boys.
Mr. Serious says:
Good riddance -sighs-
Relax dude dam so much frustation about a serie
40% of comments: Useless drama
40% of comments: Complaining about drama
15% of comments: I loved this finale
5% of comments: Normal comments
Sure is polarizing, isn't it?
Evox will return.
Go-BusterSS says:
Blaze and Roxy should be extra Rangers now that they're awake and back in the real world.
Jarrick Exum says:
There's an idea! Maybe even Shaw and Daniels (Daniels because I see him more as a ranger) and even Betty because Ben is like comic relief to me!
Mr. Honest says:
To be honest, I don't think Zyuohger adaptation is gonna work out because think about it, it's entirely like minechafts – All Minechaft Megazords, All Minechaft weapons, A Minechaft Ultrazord, and even all Minechaft Morphers. And that's not all, the Zyuohgers (not the upcoming ranger suits) all wear these T-Shirt-Likes which they don't look so superhero thingy, they look so casual clothes. Does anyone else wanna say something next?
I think their will be a teamup with either the dino rangers or the ninja rangers.I can't believe my name is in beast morphers.
I'll take Dino Rangers.
I'll take the Dino Rangers.
ummm so what's going to happen in episode 10 will Sledge return in the Dino Crossover cars in the trailer I see snide and it looks like he captured a ranger?
i meen coz guys
And it the Dino Charge Rangers Dino Fury and all the other Dino Rangers
in the show I would like to see a new zord


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Cartoon Network's 'Drawn to Community' Premieres Today
In honor of International Women's Day, the newest installment of the 'Drawn to' series feature five creative and passionate girls who are making an impact in their communities.
By AWN Staff Editor | Monday, March 8, 2021 at 12:40pm
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Cartoon Network is celebrating International Women's Day with today's premiere of Drawn to. This installment of the Drawn To series features five remarkable girls who are leading their generation towards a brighter future. From reading to animals, to distributing art kits, to creating virtual cooking classes, these girls are empowering others to get involved and make an impact in their local communities.
The Drawn to Community opening graphics were designed by London-based illustrator Lucy Kirk. All Drawn To episodes are available on CN, the CN App, and across the network's social platforms.
Chelsea, 11
Founder, Chelsea's Charity
Chelsea's Charity donates art supplies and art lessons to children in need to support social, emotional, and mental health development through art.
Gabby, 6
Volunteer for The SPCA Serving Erie County
Gabby participates in the "Tale for Two" program at her local SPCA, which encourages children to read aloud to adoptable animals, allowing them to benefit from the socialization, while children work on their reading skills. More information about the SPCA and its programs can be found at http://www.yourspca.org.
Megan, 5
Fundraiser for the Humane Society
Megan creates and sells custom, hand-painted t-shirts to benefit the Humane Society.
"It takes $25 a day to take care of one dog," explained Megan. "Helping the Humane Society makes me feel good!"
Niyoshi, 14
Cultural Event Planner
Niyoshi took her love of cooking and baking and turned it into a monthly get together creating dishes from different cultures and connecting the community. It is also an opportunity to learn about each other's backgrounds while having fun and making new friends.
Simone, 10
Founder of non-profit, Kids that Give Back
With the help of generous donors, Kids that Give Back has provided toys to kids in hospitals, books to homeless kids, and food and toiletry items to homeless families throughout Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Find out more at https://www.kidsthatgiveback.org.
Cartoon Network recently announced the expansion of its content series Drawn To with new installments of monthly vignettes to be launched throughout the year. The newest edition of the series features inspirational stories from real-life kids having fun and sharing common interests such as spending time with family and helping in their communities. The series seeks to elevate these voices, highlight diverse cultures, and provide a meaningful glimpse at the passions that bring kids together to celebrate unity and connectivity in a sometimes, uncertain world. Each Drawn To is produced in partnership with local artists to cultivate authentic connections with the topics being discussed.
Source: Cartoon Network
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Orpheus Descending Tickets at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London
Lady is trapped in a loveless marriage, surrounded by intolerant people, living a boring small-town life. But when a wild-eyed charismatic drifter appears, a new life of love and passion suddenly seem possible. Everything will change as certainty, conformity and tradition are ripped apart.
Tennessee Williams' Deep South American drama is directed by Theatr Clwyd's Artistic Director Tamara Harvey. Orpheus Descending began its life as Battle of Angels in 1940, and was first performed on Broadway in 1957. In 1959, Sidney Lumet directed the film adaptation, The Fugitive Kind, starring Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani.
A Menier Chocolate Factory and Theatre Clwyd co-production.
2hr 40min (inc. interval)
Performance dates
09 May - 06 July 2019
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Connecticut, the "Constitution State," has a unique history of state constitutions. The "constitution" that is celebrated on our license plates is the Fundamental Orders of 1638. This document stated that Connecticut held no political allegiance to England, but rather was loyal to its local government. In 1662 the Fundamental Orders were replaced by a royal charter exerting the King's authority over the colony. However, Connecticut residents paid little attention to this document and continued to abide by the provision of the Fundamental Orders. This continued until 1818, when provisions establishing the Congregational Church as the official religion of Connecticut were deemed incompatible with the relatively recent First Amendment. A new state constitution followed.
The Civil War monument in front of the state capitol was erected at the time of the convention in 1902.
By 1901 it was apparent that there were significant flaws in the 1818 constitution. Senatorial and House districts were set up according to geographic rather than population guidelines. The end result was that Union, with a population of 1,000, had the same number of representatives as New Haven, with more than 100,000 residents. In 1901, Connecticut voters called for a constitutional convention by a 2-1 margin. The convention put forth a proposal that would award towns between one and four representatives based on population. This was not enough for the cities, but too much for the small towns, and the proposal was voted down by another 2-1 margin.
That convention would be all but forgotten except that each of the 168 delegates (representing every municipality in the state) was given a pin oak seedling to plant in their town. Charles Andrews, one-time governor (1879-1881) and then chief justice of the state supreme court was Litchfield's representative and the presiding officer of the convention. He planted his at the eastern end of the town green.
Periodic surveys of these trees have revealed dwindling numbers. Of the 168 original oaks, 110 were still standing in 1939 and 86 in 1986. The last survey, conducted in 2002, revealed only 74 remain. While a new state constitution was finally approved in 1965, Litchfield's oak – a reminder of a failed constitution – still stands.
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I had always heard that CT had 169 towns and cities, not 168. Which is correct?
There are 169 towns in Connecticut today. However, the 169th was West Haven, which was established as a separate town in 1921, after the 1902 Constitutional Convention. Prior to that it was part of Orange. Thanks for your interest in this blog!


Love is a mindset, love is a choice. Love has nothing to do with the worthiness or the behavior of others and everything to do with our capacity to love. Love has more to do with our ability to express empathy and compassion and faith and hope and kindness and forgiveness and generosity. The ability to love has nothing to do with another and everything to do with our own soul.
This truth is fought by our conscious mind. Our egos resist this idea with every earthly fiber. It is much easier to be a victim of other's decisions and behaviors. We blame our limitations on our ability to love on the weaknesses and annoyances of others that seem to keep us from it. It seems to be them, but it is not.
Once we accept that the ability to love is completely ours we are free to love as God intended. Our ability for joy and for peace is now without limit! With the unconditional power of love we are now able to bring Heaven to Earth and bring ourselves closer to God.
" The ability to love has nothing to do with another and everything to do with our own soul." Wow! This is a really good point.
Ann, this really speaks to me in my struggles. Thanks. Love you.


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Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the opening bell on Jan. 4, 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
More Fake News: The Post-Trump Economic 'Disaster'
May 2, 2019 Updated: May 2, 2019
Many "experts" expected, predicted, and warned of instant economic disaster under a Donald Trump presidency. But a funny thing happened on our way to economic oblivion. The economy took off.
Former President Barack Obama presided over the worst economic recovery since 1949. He became the first president to preside over a recovery without at least one year of gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 3 percent or better.
In 2018, under Trump, the economy hit 3 percent GDP growth. And despite the predictions of an economic slowdown at the beginning of this year, the economy, according to the advance estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, showed a healthy 3.2 percent GDP growth the first quarter.
Economist Paul Krugman, with his column in The New York Times and appearances on cable, is one of the nation's most widely read and influential economists. How wrong was Krugman? He predicted Trump would cause a "recession." Just hours after the 2016 presidential election, he called Trump "the mother of all adverse effects."
Krugman wrote: "The disaster for America and the world has so many aspects that the economic ramifications are way down my list of things to fear.
"Still, I guess people want an answer: If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never.
"Under any circumstances, putting an irresponsible, ignorant man who takes his advice from all the wrong people in charge of the nation with the world's most important economy would be very bad news. What makes it especially bad right now, however, is the fundamentally fragile state much of the world is still in.
"Now comes the mother of all adverse effects—and what it brings with it is a regime that will be ignorant of economic policy and hostile to any effort to make it work.
"So we are very probably looking at a global recession, with no end in sight. I suppose we could get lucky somehow. But on economics, as on everything else, a terrible thing has just happened."
Filmmaker Michael Moore, one of the few to predict a Trump victory, nevertheless predicted post-election economic doom and gloom. Weeks before the 2016 election, Moore said, "So when the rightfully angry people of Ohio and Michigan and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin find out after a few months in office that President Trump wasn't going to do a damn thing for them, it will be too late to do anything about it."
In August 2017, Moore said: "I have no stocks. I advise people not to invest in the stock market, not now. Way too dangerous."
The NASDAQ recently hit a new high, and the Dow Jones [Industrial Average] is close to one. Not going to do "a damn thing for them"? Consumer confidence polls show a level of economic optimism not seen in years. A Gallup poll in February, for example, found that 69 percent of Americans expect their personal finances to be even better "at this time next year." How impressive is this level of optimism?
Gallup's Jim Norman wrote: "The 69 percent saying they expect to be better off is only two percentage points below the all-time high of 71 percent, recorded in March 1998 at a time when the nation's economic boom was producing strong economic growth combined with the lowest inflation and unemployment rates in decades.
"Fifty percent say they are better off today than they were a year ago. That 50 percent still represents a post-recession milestone—the first time since 2007 that at least half of the public has said they are financially better off than a year ago.
"Ten years ago, as the Great Recession neared its end, the percentage saying their finances had improved from the previous year was at a record low of 23 percent. More than half the public, 54 percent, said they were worse off. Now, with unemployment below 1998 levels and the job market growing steadily, the number saying they are worse off than a year ago has dropped to 26 percent, the lowest level since October 2000."
Then, there's Steve Rattner, an MSNBC economic analyst and money manager who served as then-President Obama's "car czar."
In October 2016, Rattner said: "I have never seen an election in which the markets had so strong a view as to what was good and bad about the outcome. And what you saw was the markets rallying yesterday because of the FBI thing on Sunday. And the reason I mention this particularly is if the unlikely event happens and Trump wins, you will see a market crash of historic proportions, I think. … [The markets] are terrified of him."
Will someone please tell Krugman and his fellow doomsdayers they can crawl out from under their beds?
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1 Hold a hanami party under the sakura blossom in the grounds of Osaka castle
2 Take a selfie with the Glico man behind you
3 Sit for half an hour on the Dotonbori Bridge and watch the world go by
4 Lose yourself in the underground shopping mall of Umeda
5 Try to pronounce Nagahoridori
6 Visit the covered market at Namba
7 Take the train to Ikoma and walk to the shrine at the top
8 See the bands play on a Sunday morning at Osaka-jo
9 Walk Shinsaibashi-suji on a Saturday afternoon
10 Order okonomiyaki at President Chibo
11 Have a beer with a friend in a six mat tatami room with no air-conditioning.
OK, that was eleven. But they will make you smile.
The Seven Lucky Gods of Japan - a kind of Thanksgiving
A great souvenir of Japan are the Seven Lucky Gods as small bronze statues. Collecting them over time is something of a badge of honour to many gaijin living here. It shows a kind of affinity with the country and the culture. It also makes it simple to decide on a birthday present. However, although they are known as the gods of fortune in Japan, only one is actually Japanese, Ebisu.
Ebisu was born without bones (or in some stories without arms and legs) and grew up in northern Japan bringing fortune to fishermen however the remaining six gods can trace their origins to Chinese and Indian tradition. A little like Santa, they arrive on a Ship of Fortune of Treasure Ship on New Year's Eve and hand out gifts to children. The traditional gift is money, pristine bank notes in an red envelope. Also simplifying the Christmas list.
I once shared a New Year's breakfast with the family of a close Japanese friend. This is the equivalent of a Thanks Giving dinner and it was very kind of them to invite me. It's the time the whole family comes together, brothers, sisters, uncle, aunts, everyone at the table. And the children showed me the money they had received and I taught them how to fold the notes into paper planes. Then one pushed the plane up his brothers nose and a sibling battle commenced. And from the look on everyone's face around the table, it was clearly my fault.
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TenguLife - a new name
A Tengu is the name for an inquisitive, winged Japanese spirit, full of mischief and living in the mountainous caverns under Mt Fuji. At least that's one version I've heard and the one I like the most. It's also the name of my favourite old chain restaurant in Japan which served the best chicken wings ever. Seriously ever! But now the chain as it was has gone and the wings with it. However I digress.
Earlier in November I raised the question as to a new name for this blog. The one I've used for a year is too long I decided after a friend asked what it was and it took me three times to get it right. So a new name it is. TenguLife. Something uniquely Japanese and easy to remember in English. The purpose of the blog remains the same, to illustrate and illuminate some of the more curious aspects of life in Japan. I hope you enjoy. And Eo, I'd love to see your interpretation.
Earthquake! An extract from Fifty Six Days - the story as it happened
Our gas is off. I know this because the water is cold. No time for a freezing shower. It'll be the trip-switch outside and all I need to do is reset it. All modern buildings in Japan have an emergency breaker switch on the gas supply for just this incidence. Gas is the fuel to start fires and had been responsible for the repeated fires in Kobe that had destroyed large areas of the city.
Working my way between our house and the next I reach the meter and press the safety system. Gas back, water back on. Being the good neighbor I realize the decent thing to do is also help the family next door. He hasn't spoken to me since we moved in nearly twelve years before. He has simply decided to pretend I don't exist. I turn to reset his system and see it's working normally. Either he was lucky, or he'd been out earlier to fix his own and decided I remain non-existent.
The phones still weren't working and Skype had become our default. And all the people who thought they'd have a laugh with amusing Skype names were suddenly having to tell friends their creations. The hard part was letting each other know, even the email seemed to be down now.
The office was a mess with the south building worse than the north where we had been the afternoon before. On the fifth floor of the south building entire sections of ceiling had collapsed, cabinets had fallen against the elevator doors and virtually nothing was left on any desk.
Something that still haunts me today is the sight of three one-ton fireproof safes that had been against the glass, outer wall of the building and had moved more than twenty centimeters into the building. If they had moved the opposite direction they would have fallen to the street and killed anyone unfortunate enough to have been passing.
We walk through the building. A small number people have stayed overnight, unable to make the journey home. Some due to distance, some simply lost until the trains were working. We talk and check they're ok. They're shaken and exhausted, worried about families and not being able to reach them but they're ok. My office is a mess.
Dave smiles looking at his own office and comments that it seems to be an improvement.
The concrete floor of the reception area is cracked along its length and the heavy concrete steps, comprising blocks two meters long, are now all skewed from moving around during the main shock. We check the entire building. The top floor of the south building only having glass walls rather than concrete ones, the damage is extensive. I look at the glass partitions and think we'll need bomb tape on those before we let people work near them again.
After checking the building we withdraw to a local coffee shop, amazingly still open as the scale of the disaster overwhelms everyone's comprehension. The automatic response is to turn to routine, normality. And that is what the staff were doing. We begin to decide our approach. At this time no one really understood what had just happened. Wham!
Firstly it was clear that we couldn't let the staff back in until the building had been structurally confirmed as safe. The next was to consider what to do about when we could re-open the office. As we were discussing this, we didn't realize it but the first reactor building at Fukushima exploded and the crisis was turning from a disaster into a catastrophe.
We decided to issue the instruction that the office would be closed Monday at a minimum to allow time to confirm it was safe and that we'd send an update message after discussing the situation further on the Sunday.
Wham! The aftershocks continued through the morning, one large enough to throw my car around as I drove home. My house, being three stories and made of wood, simply amplified each shock and over the next few days a nauseous feeling akin to seasickness set in.
Wham! Wham! Wham!
Emails start to sign off with "stay safe".
Manga and the Salaryman
Manga is an interesting concept in Japan. So much more than a simple comic it covers genres from romance to science fiction to horror to graphic detail that will make your great auntie blush. It's also a massive, multi-billion dollar industry that represents an estimated 20%+ of the publishing market here. Manga are highly stylised pieces of contemporary art in their own right many of which become collectors items valued by child and adult alike.
The industry was created in the late 19th century though grew rapidly in the austere post war years when there was little else to entertain the masses. One key difference to the western style comic though is the audience. You are as likely to see a business man on a train engrossed in a story as you are to find a teenager with their nose in the book in a convenience store on a Friday evening.
We once commissioned a manga for from a number of top Japanese manga artists to celebrate the 2002 World Cup held in Japan and Korea. Forgetting to brief in detail that the intended audience included many from overseas the artwork was beautiful, story lines strong and the warning stickers we had to put on each copy, bright red and very clear.
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Nuclear power, earthquakes, tsunamis and the choices for Japan. And the planet.
This blog is designed and deliberately written to be family friendly. As such, here, I don't tackle controversial subjects and don't aim to argue subjective points. I simply set out to explain interesting aspects of life in Japan. And following a couple of major earthquakes over the last few days which always re-ignites the debate, here we go on nuclear power….
Before the earthquake of March 2011, approximately 30% of Japan's electricity was generated by the nuclear industry. Soon after, all 100+ reactor cores were shut down for politically acceptable "maintenance". And since then Japan has been looking for an alternative. Scrambling that first summer the country brought older power stations out of mothballs, started to import vast quantities of oil and natural gas and even plugged two massive floating generators used for powering oil rigs into the Tokyo grid.
Whilst renewables are obviously a good idea, the lack of power storage systems means they will remain marginal until that issue is resolved. Tidal power is beginning to develop, wind farms are progressing and even micro-hydro plants used in irrigation of rice fields are growing in popularity. But in reality major schemes such as terawatt hydroelectric damns (which produce significant greenhouse gasses through decay of foliage by the way) are years if not decades away. So the question is, do we continue to burn fossil fuels and risk the atmosphere, or do we switch the nuclear power back on and risk the land? Or alternatively do we switch off the lights and use less power?
Before the earthquake; Tokyo's lights are bright and vibrant
Tokyo after the quake. People switched off those lights to save power.
Europe at night. Does each light bulb have to be on?
Labels: earthquake, Fukushima, nuclear power, Tokyo, tsunami
Japan - if you do nothing else, do this
Japan is a country with a living religion. Well, actually two, Buddhism and Shintoism. And if you were wondering, Buddhists have temples and Shinto followers have shrines. Most people will actually follow both beliefs and separate them depending upon event. Very roughly speaking, Shinto is for happy times and Buddhism is for sad. But that is a huge generalisation.
Many tourists when they come to Japan enjoy visiting some of the famous shrines and temples such as the Meiji Shrine and Zojoji Temple in Tokyo or Kyomisu and the Golden Temple in Kyoto (there's also a silver one too by the way). But almost no one will take away the one single greatest memory you can have from the visit. Photographs are one thing, but a temple book, well that's part of history.
Temple books are small, blank, folded books you can buy for a few dollars on your first visit. And then, at each location you go to, whilst watching everyone else take photographs, you can ask the priest to inscribe your book. He'll write the date, the name of the temple and stamp it with the temple's hanko. And you will have something so much more valuable as a memory of your visit to Japan than a simple photograph. Happy temple hunting.
My temple book opened out to show some of the temples I've visited over the years.
You can track earthquakes in Japan too
On Wednesday we experienced another aftershock in Japan, an echo of the M9.0 from March 2011. I posted a map showing the 949 quakes over M5.0 we've experienced since then and had several questions asking where did I find the data. Very simple, soon after the earthquake a developer called Paul Nicholls created a real time map linked into the Japan sensor network; it became something of a hobby tracking the shocks as we were thrown sideways on a regular basis. Here is a follow-up image showing all 3,234 quakes (as of 5.00PM today) we've had the pleasure to host since then and if you'd like to follow this site just go to Japanquakemap.com. And thank you to Paul for creating this site.
However, if you'd like to be a little more proactive following earthquakes in Japan then download this App, Yurekuru ("Earthquake Coming"). In the settings you can choose where in Japan you'd like to follow and the level of quake you'd be concerned about. Mine is set to Shibuya in central Tokyo and only alerts me for anything over M5.0. Below that doesn't seem too exciting these days.
The system is linked again into the government sensor network. When an earthquake is detected it issues an alert across the entire data network and you'll receive a few seconds warning.
A few seconds doesn't sound much but it's about the time it takes for you to stop watching TV and get to the children's room to ensure they're safe and not scared. At those moments ten seconds is akin to an eternity.
And so if you're sitting in New York and have family in Fukushima, it will still work. And you can track when we're running to the kids' room to check they're ok and hopefully watching them quietly fall back to sleep.
Labels: earthquake, Fukushima, Japan, Shibuya, Tokyo
Aftershock - the battered coastline of Fukushima
10.51 this morning and the house started to move again. The first p-wave came through as a sudden jolt followed by the s-wave, the slow rolling tremor that causes the real damage. Fortunately it wasn't too strong but at about thirty seconds it was obvious somewhere wasn't having a good time. Checking the earthquake App on my phone I can see the epicentre was just off the coast of Fukushima. Again.
The earthquake of March 11, 2011 was a little further north than Fukushima but close enough to change the way the world sees nuclear power. And then the aftershocks continued to pound the coastline over the next few months, slowly reducing in frequency but not actually coming to a final halt. Today's quake was a M5.4, not large by Japan standards but enough to rattle Tokyo some 300km away.
The map below doesn't show all the earthquakes to hit Japan post 3/11. It only shows the 949 we've experienced over M5.0. In all there have been over 3,000 since the main quake. And on the Tohoku coastline, just about dead centre in the area covered with dots, is the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Much closer to the action, they won't have been having a good morning.
Labels: aftershock, earthquake, Fukushima, Japan, Tohoku, Tokyo
Daikanyama - so just how do you move a train station over night? - just watch
Daikanyama is a little know but delightful Greenwich Village type district of Tokyo nestled between Shibuya and Ebisu. It's home to the Hacienda where the finest margaritas can be found, Tableaux where Eddie, star of A-Team, Dallas and Knots Landing, would entertain as the finest mantra d' in town and referred to in "Lost in Translation" as having a great sushi bar, though I somewhat question whether anyone in their first days in Tokyo would actually know about it.
It's also home to a small train station which on 15 March 2013 had to move. The end of the line was Shibuya where the station was being relocated to the new (though fairly unloved) Hikarie building, 100m away and several levels underground. This meant that the tracks at Daikanyama would be coming from much deeper than before and would no longer intersect at ground level. The choice was to lower the station or build new tracks. They opted to build new tracks.
Just before 1.00am the final train passed through. And then 1,200 people set to work in a co-ordinated ballet lasting a little over four hours to change an entire train line linking Tokyo to Yokohama. And at just after 5.00am the first train arrived dead on time. And here's a video of it happening. Seriously, only in Japan.
Magnitude 9: A serialisation from Fifty-Six Days - An Earthquake in Japan
At 2.46pm on Friday, March 11, 2011 the office began to move. Earthquakes are common in Japan and usually begin with a jolt and then a few seconds of shaking before they subside again. I was in a meeting at the time with Paul and two others from McKinsey, a consultancy. Paul being relatively new to Japan was at first interested in the experience. He hadn't been through a noticeable earthquake before having not felt the foreshock two days earlier.
Soon though, we all realized this was no ordinary earthquake. The heavy meeting table we were sitting at, and soon took shelter under, started to move violently around. Ceiling panels began to shake and we could hear them falling outside the door. Earthquake proof cabinets bolted to the walls sprang open and spilled their contents on the floor.
The earthquake had lasted for five minutes by the time the tremors started to subside. We looked out of the office and called if everyone was alright. We saw an entire floor of shocked staff, some in tears, everyone with the contents of their desks now on the floor around them. The standard wisdom immediately after an earthquake is to remain inside the building due to the danger injury from falling debris as you step outside. That is, unless you believe the building itself was no longer safe. With the ceiling caved in in places and cracks in concrete walls we took the decision to evacuate everyone as quickly as possible.
Clearing people from the far end of the floor, the fourth in a five-story building, we began to help staff towards the stairwells. One had recently broken his leg but refused all assistance and made his way with everyone else down the stairs. Another had left her mobile phone behind on her desk and was trying to work her way back against the tide to retrieve it. We convinced her to exit now and worry about her phone later. We cleared the third floor and then found chaos on the second where racking and samples of new apparel were now thrown around the room. We ensured everyone was out and moved on to the first floor where we found people had already left and were moving to the open parking areas outside the building.
Hurrying to the entrance we saw groups of people standing under the vast glass awning outside the building and virtually rugby tackled them as we moved them to safety. Better a little rain than several tons of glass falling on you. Then it struck us we'd forgotten to clear the top floor. Looking around at the number of people in the car park we reckoned they'd figure it out though and kept moving people away from the building.
Although we didn't know it at the time, we had just experienced one of the largest earthquakes anywhere in history. This M9.0 had released ten times the power of all the earthquakes in Japan in the last hundred years. We looked around, many people were in shock, everyone trying their unresponsive phones. People were looking to us for guidance on what they should do next.
It was obvious we were going to have to close the office for the rest of the day and as it turned out we closed it for the following week too. We started to tell people to begin to make their way home as quickly as possible. If they lived too far to walk, find a hotel, we'd cover the cost; if they could find a taxi, we'd pay for that too. With the immediate closure of the rail and subway systems, many people realized they didn't know how to get home. Living their lives on the subway system, they didn't even know which way to walk.
Wham! At this point the first aftershock hit us, a 7.9, massive in its own right. Standing in the car park I watched as the fifth floor of the building swayed and was glad we'd made the decision to move outside.
At times like this the first thing you think about is family. The mobile phone system was already down, locked with millions of people trying to make calls to loved ones all at the same time. I tried to text Masami but this jammed too and I had no idea how my twelve-year old son, Kai, was. Thoughts of his school collapsing scream through my mind.
It was after nearly twenty minutes that I remembered he had his iPhone with him and that I could track it. The earthquake had struck ten minutes before the normal end of school. I searched for him and saw that he was on Meguro Dori, which meant he was on the school bus. If the school bus had survived that meant the school had survived and he was safe. It also meant that I knew to make my way home rather than to the school and that I could now focus on the several hundred people around me and not worry for a short while.
The relief with the knowledge that he was safe was immense and in the days that followed I sent a thank you message via a friend to Apple, it really had made a difference.
But I still couldn't reach Masami.
It was March and still cold with a light rain falling. Letting everyone back in briefly to pick up coats and jackets for their journey home I went back to my office on the fourth floor. My desk had moved thirty centimeters from the wall and had only been stopped from going further by a cabinet moving in the opposite direction. I had tried calling and texting from my iPhone but nothing was transmitting at this point and wouldn't for the next few days.
The corporate email was still working and I sent a message to our head office in Germany to let them know we'd suffered a major earthquake and were evacuating the office. For some reason, as we'd initially cleared the building, I had started to video the events as they unfurled. This short video was later distributed quickly around the world so that the Group could see the devastation for themselves.
I'd been in Japan for the Kobe disaster, a M6.8 that had razed the city in 1995. I'd had friends who had been through it and had later talked to me about the experience. I knew the phones wouldn't be working any time soon and that the rail and subways would stay closed until they could be thoroughly checked.
I also knew that the highways across Tokyo would be immediately closed for emergency inspection, if they were still standing at all. This meant the roads were going to very soon hit gridlock and using a car was going to be a liability. At this point we didn't know if the highway system had survived inside the capital but we could see dark clouds of smoke rising from the direction of the port and the main oil terminals.
We urged staff to start the walk home as quickly as possible. Over the next few days we received many emails from people who had taken the advice, left immediately and been able to return safely to their homes by evening or had found hotel rooms to stay. We also received many messages from people saying they wished they'd taken our advice and that by waiting to begin their journeys they had been stranded for the night. We were just glad they were safe.
Hotels in Tokyo started to fill quickly and many responded by offering options to double up in rooms or provided blankets to people sheltering in lobbies. The scale of what was happening around us was beginning to become clear and we realized things wouldn't be normal for a while.
Once the car parks had been emptied of everyone who wanted to leave, I started to walk home with MDR, a friend from the office who lived in the same direction. It was only eight kilometers and I walked it regularly simply for the exercise.
The good news was that we were seeing relatively little structural damage. Later though we found out that liquefaction had caused major destruction across northern Tokyo. Liquefaction is a deadly side effect of earthquakes where ground water is forced to the surface by the shaking, turning the earth to a viscous liquid. Buildings sink into the ground and collapse and storm drains float to the surface being pipes filled with nothing more than air.
I had walked the ground in Kobe and seen ten story buildings lying in the streets. We seemed to have been saved that fate. At this point, where we were in central Tokyo, the infrastructure was relatively unscathed. In fact, the closest I came to harm as we walked back was when a construction truck reversed quickly into the road and nearly took out a group of pedestrians, including myself.
Halfway home, as we past the National Stadium, I remembered I had Skype on my phone and that Kai, if home by now, was very likely to have his Skype open on his computer. I tried to contact him and to my great relief, connected and heard his voice. Everything changes in a crisis and the first thing I heard him say was the dogs are safe. I smiled and asked if he was OK and where was his mother.
After confirming he was OK, and that Masami was also home and fine, I continued the journey in a much more positive frame of mind. However, these feelings were soon dampened as we walked along and saw crowds standing outside shop windows. The stores had turned television screens around to follow the news coverage and let people see what was happening as the first images of the tsunami were broadcast by helicopter. We watched in stunned silence as the black wave chased tiny cars along roads and slowly swallowed each up in its path. We knew we were watching people die and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
Walking on through Shibuya, the central district of Tokyo near my home, we were met with waves of thousands of people, stranded and trying to make their own way home. Each day over two million people pass through Shibuya Station and it was now closed to all rail traffic. Most people simply had no choice and they began the very long queue for a bus which itself was going to be caught in the city gridlock soon if it could move at all.
Millions were now walking. Shibuya is not just crowded but full. There is no space between the thousands waiting in line for the buses. None will be coming and none will be leaving any time soon. Train lines are closed and road is their only way home. I watch from a footbridge for a few minutes and wonder how long they'll have to wait.
Many have already decided it's time to move. As the crowd leaves en masse they reach a crossing and everyone stops for the red light. No pushing. It turns green and the wave of people slowly moves off together. I wonder how many times that would be repeated this night.
I was fortunate living only an hour and a half walk from the office. I heard many stories later of friends walking twenty hours in business shoes or heels and the buses from the outer lying schools not being able to return children to their homes until the next morning. Yokohama International School enacted its emergency plan and placed children with local families for the night. One outlying international school started the long trek back into Tokyo only to be caught in the gridlock until morning.
The house survived without serious damage. Kai had moved the dog cages under the table so they'll be safe and he's found our cycling helmets, the best protection we have. Although it sounds a cliché from a disaster movie, Masami had actually been halfway through a hair appointment and came running out of the building only to see the cranes on top of the half constructed Hikarie building bending to the point of collapse.
I had a beer with MDR and we manage to Skype a message to his wife that he's safe and will be home soon. He helps me right the television and then takes his leave.
An email arrives from my parents. They've heard about the earthquake and wonder if we're OK as I haven't contacted them. Normally if there is a report of an earthquake in Japan I'd call and let them know we're all safe. This time there was still no telephone. I Skype and get through, telling them not to go to video mode. The networks will never take it.
That evening Skype became the lifeline. Whilst the phone systems were down, we found later than anything based on Internet communication still worked. Even Skype on my phone worked as this transmitted through the data networks rather than the voice ones. It allowed us not just to contact family outside Japan and reassure them we were still alive but also to start the process of coordinating our response to the unfolding crisis.
The first messages start to arrive asking if we're ok. Offers of help but what can anyone do. Hugs from Vancouver, concern from the UK. Friends from school and university reach out, we're in their thoughts.
That first night we sit watching the television with our shoes lined up at the front door for a quick exit if necessary. My earthquake bags are ready, one inside the house and another one outside in case the building collapses. We watch giant whirlpools forming off the coast and ocean freighters sitting on buildings where they'd been casually dropped, their final resting place until they would be cut up with acetylene torches months later.
Fire was spreading across cities, something that seemed to go against the concept of the wall of water we were seeing. The first reports of deaths start to appear in the news broadcasts. A body here, two more there. Then a jump, the fire service in Minami-Sanriku reports hundreds of bodies lying in the streets. We knew that this would just be the beginning. And we still hadn't heard of power station called Fukushima. We sleep fully dressed, the hallway lights on. Wham!
Clearing the building
Labels: earthquake, Japan, Tohoku, Tokyo, tsunami
Getting towed - The empty backstreets of Tokyo
When you drive the backstreets of London, or most English towns for that matter, one issue that stands out is how the roads are lined with a never ending sea of parked cars. Finding somewhere to park your own car would seem to be a major challenge in its own right. So how come the streets of Tokyo are so clean and clear? There isn't a single car deposited by the pavement overnight.
The issue in Japan is that you have to have a police certificate proving you have off-road parking before you can even buy a car. Parking on-road is not allowed (short term drop off being an exception) and so if your house doesn't have a garage or drive way you're forced to lease a permanent lot where your car can be parked. And a relatively large contingent of usually old and retired men patrolling the streets will come around and check. And at $700 a time for each infringement, it really is worth playing ball.
And if you do leave your car on the road and later find a kanji message chalked on the asphalt next to it, consider yourself lucky. The message says you're soon about to be towed if you don't move it. And if you find a kanji message chalked where your car should be, you were just a little to slow to read the first message.
The parked up streets of London
Nothing to see on the streets of Tokyo
Anime of Japan - three weird and wonderful movies
Japanese movies can be somewhat hit and miss. For all the incredible work from Studio Ghibli or Kurosawa there is the genuine (though enjoyable) junk of the likes of Godzilla and every samurai under the sun. Television movies are a generation behind the rest of the world in visual quality and TV programs that equal the likes of CSI or NCIS (or X-Files or Twin Peaks or….) are utterly unknown. But animation is where the country excels and if you're in the mood, here are three.
Ghost in the Shell - free falling
Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic world where everything is controlled by a shadow like government and the cybernetics in individuals. The ghost in the reference is a random piece of computer code that is infecting the control systems but ultimately is freeing them. Has to be said, not for the children.
Howl's Moving Castle as every child would imagine it
Howl's Moving Castle comes from the power house of Studio Ghibli. And very much for the kids as well as the parents. It's full of magic but also has a dark side referencing the destruction brought by war and personal failure. Ultimately an incredible, inspiring film.
Akira somewhat defies explanation but is an astonishing experience. Post WWIII when Tokyo has been destroyed it follows the hero Tetsuo and his relationship to Akira as he tries to rebuild his world. This one is for the late Friday night and a glass of wine.
There are many, many more where these came from but the central theme is always the visual imagination that has defined them. Japan may be running behind in live action films (Kurosawa excepted) but when it comes to animation, it's up there with the best.
Labels: Akira, animation, films, ghost in the shell, howl's moving castle, Japan
The hidden gems of Ebisu
Tokyo has many famous districts. Shibuya with Hachiko crossing, Shinjuku and the robot cafe or The Ginza with its designer boutiques and colossal department stores. But Ebisu is a little bit of a hidden gem, rarely spoken of but hugely interesting, buzzing with bars and restaurants and many of the enjoyable old style tachinomi (stand and drink bar).
The area is relatively new for Tokyo having been developed early in the twentieth century around the new Yamanote Line station serving the Ebisu brewery (now Ebisu Garden Place). The name comes from one of the seven lucky gods, Ebisu who protects working men and women as well as bringing good luck to young children.
But if you arrive in the evening and leave the station through the west exit you'll find crowds waiting to cross the main road (Komazawa-dori) to escape into the little side streets that make it so interesting. Just follow them and soon you'll be lost in izakaya's, sushi restaurants and the occasional gaijin pub, one of which was the head quarters of the Aum cult in its day. A little off the beaten track but definitely worth the visit.
Happy Birthday! - We're 1!
A year ago today I sat down and wrote my first blog entry about how to become lost in Japan (it's all in the maps, north not necessarily being at the top). 177 posts later I've covered topics from lunch boxes to lakes (and why people don't swim in them), why traffic lights are blue and what to do in an earthquake. Occasionally the posts become suddenly popular then I'll find a re-post somewhere around the world. USA, Japan and UK are regularly popular but every now and then Rumania or Greece might pop up, China and Russia too.
The most popular posts to date related to finding John Lennon in the forests of Karuizawa and another on the meaning of kawanoji, the family waking up together. The blog was started to help people understand a little more about the alternative aspects of Japan, a "But Why?" information centre, a beginner's guide. I hope you've enjoyed it and if you have any questions about Japan feel free to ask. And now I'm off to celebrate my first birthday!
Foreshock - an extract from Fifty-Six Days
Wednesday, 9 March 2011 started much like any other day so far that year.
Then Wham! The world moved sideways. There hadn't been a sizable earthquake for a while and the building didn't seem like it was enjoying it at all. Everything was over in a few seconds and I was glad that we weren't any closer to the origin. We switched on the news and saw that the center was some 350 kilometers north from Tokyo off the coast of Sendai, the main city in Tohoku, northeast Japan. That's what Tohoku means, northeast.
The catastrophe didn't actually start for me on 11 March, 2011. It began here two days before at 1.54pm on March 9 when this M7.2 earthquake struck off the coast. Unbeknownst to us this foreshock was forty kilometers from where we were going to see the earth stretch and shatter two days later.
The shock was enough to rattle us and certainly got our attention. We had friends in Tohoku and as soon as we realized where it was we contacted them just to check everyone was alright. We also reached out to the stores we had in the area and confirmed all was OK there too.
Paul had been on the street when it happened and hadn't felt anything, the shaking being masked by the rumble of heavy traffic. Asking about Xebio, a customer located in Koriyama, near the epicenter, I said to him "can't hurt just to drop a note and ask if they need any help". The reply we received was "thanks, all OK here, just a bit shaken". And then life carried on.
What we didn't know at this point was how our lives were about to change. The innocence of those two days now seems somewhat surreal. What was to come would see five minutes of extreme violence. Japan would move twenty meters closer to America, the coast subsiding and accelerating the giant wave that was generated as 500 kilometers of seabed ruptured creating a sound that could be detected from space as shockwaves encircled the earth. The catastrophe that would bring Japan so very close to collapse had begun.
Labels: earthquake, fifty six days, Japan
Remembrance Sunday - something Japan needs?
Remembrance Day, or Veteran's Day, is something recognised in many countries around the world on or around 11 November each year. A reflection for those who lost their lives in conflict wherever and whenever it occurred. It's an important moment as the world falls silent for a brief moment and everyone looks to themselves for what they owe. I was once at Heathrow Airport as the silence fell. We stood and even those who didn't understand could see this was important to those who did.
Japan sometimes struggles with its past. There is a lack of knowledge, teaching and recognition of the events of the last century. The Yasakuni Shrine leads to nothing but conflict as within Japan the overwhelming perception is that it honours the dead of war but outside Japan it is the honouring of the founders of the conflict. No one believes it wrong to remember those who died for their country but it is important to recognise the difference with those who started the conflict in the first place.
Today is Remembrance Sunday in England and many other countries. There will be a ceremony at the Cenotaph in central London at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. And people will stop and think about what happened. And sometimes I wish my friends in Japan would have the same opportunity and finally let the past go.
900,000 poppies at the Tower of London. Remembering.
Labels: Japan, remembrance day, tower of london
Which Murakami? A Brace of Authors in Japan
Japan has many outstanding authors, some of them even beginning to end stories without the traditional and obligatory tragic ending exemplified in the works of Yukio Mishima. Mishima's books not only individually always ended badly, each of his books in the four piece cycle the "Sea of Fertility" ended on an extreme down (forcing you to question why you picked up the next each time) but the entire tetralogy fades to death and nihilism. Added to this, the day he finished the final work, he led a failed coup, ultimately committing ritual suicide. It has to be said, that is somewhat redefining the meaning of "a tragic ending".
Mishima apart, there are two authors who somewhat break the mould and they're both called Murakami. Haruki and Ryu are each prolific writers exploring life and love through a series of surreal, and often violent, story lines. Haruki is probably the better known internationally, his work having been more widely translated but so have a number of the books Ryu Murakami, the most widely recognised probably being Coin Locker Babies and the extremely dark In The Miso Soup.
If you read Haruki Murakami's 2011 (English publication date) work, IQ84, and wondered at the title, it's actually a clever play on the Japanese for the number nine which is pronounced "kyu". IQ84 being the identifier of an alternative universe to this where the date is 1984. In fact many of the works of Haruki play on English phrases, my favourite being A Wild Sheep Chase and I defy anyone to completely understand his book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
The one thing the two brilliant authors do have in common though is simple. Whatever you do for Christmas, do not even think of giving copies of either of them to your Great Aunt Nellie. Unless you want her to pop her clogs…
Labels: A Wild Sheep Chase, coin locker babies, haruki, mishima, Murakami, ryu
Competition time - A new name for my blog
My first "blog birthday" is just around the corner and I hope everyone has enjoyed reading at least some of the posts. During that year I've used the name "TheBeginnersGuidetoJapan" but have always thought of shortening it. Something short and catchy if you see what I mean but related to the theme of explaining some of the more curious issues experienced here. If anyone has any thoughts I'd love to hear them. I'll send the winner a discount code for my books (though that might just be a disincentive to some….)
All suggestions please post below. Very grateful for your time and thoughts!
The perils of katakana - A Homer Simpson moment
Katakana is one of the four basic alphabets in use in Japan, the others being Hiragana, Kanji and the Roman alphabet. The useful aspect for foreigners though is that Katakana is used predominantly for western words and where as you may know how to pronounce something in Hiragana or Kanji you may not necessarily know what it means.
For example, if you can read the word "ice cream" in Katakana, you know what you're ordering but even if you can read "bonenkai" in Hiragana, you may well still be at a loss to know you've just been invited to a Christmas party. And this can lead to problems.
Back in the day I worked at adidas in Japan (and yes, it is spelt with a lower case "a" though whoever thought of this had clearly never used a auto-spell checker or would have given it up as a lost cause). We were sourcing product from various countries across Asia when we received a message from a factory in Thailand. They had shipped 400,000 T-shirts with a slight typo in the Japanese tags. Instead of correctly printing:
アディダス ジャパン
which is how to spell "adidas Japan", they had misprinted it forgetting the modifiers and mistaking the "n". The result was we had 400,000 T-shirts on their way with this:
アティタスジャパソ
printed on them. If you read it out loud it's actually "atitas Japaso"! "But don't worry" they went on to say, "only a native speaker will realise"….
Labels: Homer, Japan, katakana
Winter's coming - it's onsen time
After the heat of summer comes typhoon season to clear the air in Japan and then the temperature falls as winter draws in. Early November is still comfortable in Tokyo and walking outside in a shirt is possible, but not for long. Soon it will be freezing, the snows already falling in the north of the country. But with winter also comes onsen season.
An onsen is a natural hot springs, often in the mountains, designed for a relaxing evening, soaking in the reputedly therapeutic waters. Resort towns have grown up around the springs and people will travel for a weekend away for nothing else than to eat, drink and have a bath. In summer the temperatures are too warm and the springs are often empty but as the weather cools they become part of a national pastime.
These days they are mostly separated but family pools are still popular allowing everyone to enjoy their time together. But the best are the outdoor baths, the rotenburo, especially in the snow. Sitting neck deep in how water with snowflakes coming down, towel neatly folded on your head, what could be better than that.
Lunch box art - simply awesome!
Japan is famous for it's exquisite gastronomic creations, presented to the diner in beautiful and creative arrangements. Nothing is out of place, each morsel arranged in perfect alignment. Mouth watering sushi adorns the tables of some of the finest restaurants in the world; teppanyaki prepared in front of your eyes, each cut meticulously controlled with definitely no bagging of knives or flipping of food.
It may not be as famous though, but Japan has also raised the humble lunch box to what can only be described as an art form in it's own right. Mothers labour lovingly over their creations for their children to be sadly deprived of the chance to see their faces as they open them later at school. Some of them are truly works of art. The images below were all recently prepared by friends of mine for their children; and I write in awe at their skill and imaginations.
Halloween. The Americanisation of Japan?
Shibuya, the youthful, nightlife centre of Tokyo came to a virtual standstill last night as tens of thousands of people dressed up as everything from Dracula to Waldo and partied into the night. Halloween has seriously come of age in Japan. And the question has been raised of whether this is a further Americanisation of Japan and is that a good or a bad thing.
The coordination was remarkable. Friends had arranged themes and arrived as individual concepts groups. The lockers around the station were bulging with clothes as people changed (presumably so their parents didn't see them leave the house dressed in such creative ways). Each time the lights changed at Hachiko Crossing police would run to the centre in a vain attempt to try and control the revellers. Wasn't happening. They were instantly overwhelmed but really didn't need to be there.
So, in answer to the question as to whether this was a further example of an Americanisation of Japan I would say no. There were literally thousands of teenagers gathered together simply having fun. A lot of work and organised planning had gone into this night. This wasn't an Americanisation of Japan, this is the Japanisation of Halloween.
Labels: halloween, Shibuya, Tokyo
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viceroy caterpillar host plant
This allows a nearly 100 percent humid environment which is appropriate for any admiral or viceory. Nectar plants like zinnia, salvia and Joe-Pye weed are a dime a dozen in my garden so the butterflies are happy.But I also want host plants to encourage the adult butterflies to lay their eggs in the garden and to do this, I need to know what host plants specific butterflies require. The Viceroy's main host plant Host Plant: The food plant of a caterpillar. In fact, Actually, it was a Viceroy! Although it is known that the Monarchs and Queens are distasteful to predators, it is now thought that the Viceroy may be distasteful as well. The particular plant that a caterpillar will eat is called the host plant for that species of butterfly. Partially grown caterpillars from the third brood spend the winter in a specially rolled leaf called a … Come spring, the caterpillar emerges and continues to eat the host plant's leaves as it moves through three more instars. Butterfly Host Plants. The Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) is a favorite amongst our staff and our audiences, and for good reason--it's a pretty awesome caterpillar! Some scientists question which butterflies mimic which butterflies, it may be a question that may never be answered but how … are trees in the willow family, especially small, shrubby species. Milkweed is the host plant for the monarch butterfly. Elm, Hops Legumes, including Clovers and Vetches , Lespedeza Violets (Violas) Milkweeds (Asclepias) Viceroy. Females lay eggs on the tips of leaves. Hatchling caterpillars eat the leaf from the tip, at first extending the leaf vein with frass (poop) and silk. Most species of butterfly will only eat a single plant (or group of related plants) as caterpillars. Typically laid singly on the tip of host plant leaf. Caterpillar Host Plant Sorrel, Curled Dock (Rumex spp) Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis), Pussytoes (Antennaria) Mustards, Cresses, Cabbage, Broccoli Nettles, False Nettle, Am. Thanks for your quick reply! July 3, 2010 Hi Bugman, I sent you a question that you kindly answered back on June 24, about a mystery caterpillar on the curly willow in our yard. If you've seen a Viceroy caterpillar before, your first thought might have been, "Weird." That reaction would be justified; Viceroys don't look like typical caterpillars. Unlike monarchs, which host on milkweed, Viceroy butterflies lay their eggs on willow leaves and members of that family, including poplars and cottonwoods. Caterpillars Need Host Plants. Amy. The fifth instar encapsulates itself in a chrysalis from which the adult viceroy will emerge. Many native trees and other plants found in and around our yards are host plants for caterpillars. May be mottled brown or green; has creamy blotches and two knobby horns on thorax. Viceroy caterpillars look even less like their Monarch relatives. Many butterflies have a single plant required as a food source for their larval form called a host plant. ... Milkweed contains a a variety of chemical compounds that make monarch caterpillars poisonous to potential predators. There are a variety of plants that can be included in a butterfly garden that are excellent host plants. willow, poplar, apple … ... Viceroy Butterfly. We raise them on Carolina Willow and Black Willow. Host plants for Viceroy butterflies include: willow, poplars, and cottonwoods. By evolution, the caterpillars have the ability to store salicylic acid in their bodies, making them bitter, as also upsets the stomachs of the predators. Because of this, they're more often found in wet areas like edges of lakes and rivers and moist woodlands. Caterpillar: Resembles bird droppings in all stages. The species got its name 'viceroy' as a contrast to the 'monarch', as also, to differentiate it from the latter, which is somewhat larger in size than it. While raising lorquin's admiral caterpillars on willows, cottonwoods, aspens, service berries, or choke cherries, one option is to place a "bouquet" of host plant in a glass terrarium and then secure the terrarium with a glass lid. and attached tightly to the host plant with caterpillar silk. Correction: Imposter! I'm glad it's proven to be a host plant for such a beautiful butterfly. The caterpillar then crawls inside and goes to sleep for the winter.
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Q: d3.js CSV element in-line Folks-
I'm making a viz based on Mike Bostock's http://bost.ocks.org/mike/uberdata/.
As this will be mailed and viewed locally rather than staged on a server it's necessary to embed the JS library, and any data in the document.
I have successfully integrated the javascript, as well as a JSON object. I'm having difficulty getting the CSV file included and then iterating over it.
var myMatrix = '[[0,557.3,0,0,0,1645.8,0,903.2,895.6,615.7,0,408.1,0,845.3,290.1,325,73.5],[788.1,0,0,0,1204.2,1859.7,1020.5,1160,976.4,1057,1082.4,0,697.2,0,614.2,0,0]]';

svg.append("circle")
.attr("r", outerRadius);

d3.csv("companies.csv", function(companies) {
  //d3.json("matrix.json", function(matrix) {

matrix = JSON.parse(myMatrix); //new

// Compute the chord layout.
layout.matrix(matrix);
    ...<snip>

So basically I need to replace the "d3.csv" function with something that will operate on an in-line data set while still iterating over the rest of the function.
Thanks,
RL

A: Lars- you're right. I was overthinking it.
I just added the JSON object in and the d3 magically iterated over the items in the object.
var companies = [{name:"one", color:"#8a8a8a"},{name:"two", color:"#5d9a0c"},{name:"three", color:"#005a8b"}}];

thanks,
RL

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