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Six Gitmo detainees released in Uruguay without restraint, 'inconsistent with U.S. law'
By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times
Six detainees were released from Guantanamo Bay in December with no restraints to mitigate the risk of their return to battle — an action "inconsistent with U.S. law," the leader of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday.
Rep. Edward R. Royce, California Republican, said that, despite a law requiring the administration to take preventive steps to ensure detainees don't engage in terrorist activities after their release, six prisoners were sent to Uruguay with no restrictions or coordination with the local government.
"It was surprising and very concerning that senior Uruguayan officials asserted that they had not imposed or accepted any conditions when they agreed to receive these former detainees," Mr. Royce said in a letter to Secretary of State John F. Kerry. "In December, the Uruguayan defense minister clearly stated 'They will not be restricted in any way.'"
Typical restraints placed on released detainees include travel restrictions, monitoring by the local government and information-sharing with the U.S., a Defense Department spokesman said.
As those in the U.S. become more concerned about the security threat the released prisoners pose, the detainees are not happy with their newfound freedom in Uruguay either. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that four of the six former prisoners have set up a protest camp outside the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo to demand that the U.S. provide housing and income for them.
The inmates said they do not speak Spanish, have no relevant work skills and can't reunite with their families or obtain passports, the article said.
"If the Uruguayan government cannot take care of us, the U.S. government should," Ali Shabaan told The Wall Street Journal. "It's not easy to adapt to freedom after such a long time. Even if we were released into our own countries, it would be hard."
The release of the six detainees to Uruguay was part of an uptick in transfers late last year. Nine other prisoners were released in December and seven were released in November.
President Obama made a campaign promise to close the prison within one year of taking office. With less than two years remaining in his second and final term, 122 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.
As Republicans in Congress try to halt the president's push to close the prison, Democrats are urging him to release detainees more quickly to shut down Guantanamo before leaving office in early 2017.
"Although onerous restrictions imposed by Congress have hindered efforts to close the detention facility, we urge you to immediately take meaningful action in order to end this unfortunate chapter in our nation's history before you leave office," three top Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to the president Monday. "With only 20 months remaining in your presidency, time is of the essence."
The letter from Sens. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Dianne Feinstein of California said that leaving the prison open weakens the country's national security and is "reckless fiscal policy" under such a tight budget environment. Each prisoner kept at Guantanamo Bay costs the government more than $3 million a year, the letter said.
The Uruguay release is not the first time the administration has ignored a requirement for releasing Gitmo detainees. Despite a law that requires the administration to provide 30 days' notice before any prisoners are transferred, the president failed to notify Congress when five detainees were released in May in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held as a Taliban prisoner of war.
Those prisoners, nicknamed the "Taliban Five," were released to Qatar under the supervision of the local government and were prohibited from leaving the country for one year. Despite the restrictions, at least one is suspected of trying to re-engage in terrorist activities, according to media reports.
The U.S. began talks last week with officials in Qatar to extend the restrictions on the former detainees' movements beyond their expiration at the end of this month, The Washington Post reported.
The annual defense policy bill that passed the House Armed Services Committee last week would crack down on the president's authority by extending prohibitions on transferring prisoners to the U.S. while adding restrictions such as banning transfers to combat zones.
The bill also would withhold a portion of the Defense Department's funding until the administration provides unredacted documentation on the prisoner swap for Sgt. Bergdahl.
The committee's version of the bill still needs to pass the full House and be reconciled with Senate negotiators before heading to the president for his signature.


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function [RatingOnset RatingOffset RatingDuration] = ShowRating(rating, screenduration, window, rect, screenNumber, varargin)

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% [RatingOnset RatingOffset RatingDuration ] = ShowRating()
%
% This function uses the bartoshuk logarithmic or linear rating scale to depict a
% continuous rating.  See GetRating.m
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Input:
%
% rating                    a vector of ratings to plot (e.g., [.2,.5]).
% duration                  number of seconds to show rating.  If
%                           screenduration = 0, then will require button press to continue
% window                    Window ID of initial screen
% rect                      1 x 4 matrix conatining the coordinates of
%                           box of all pixels
% screenNumber              Psychtoolbox screen display number
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Optional Input:
%
% 'txt'                     followed by string of text to display above
%                           rating
% 'type'                    followed by 'linear' or 'log' or 'line' to
%                           indicate type of rating scale.  Default is
%                           line.
% 'anchor'                  followed by cell array of low and high rating
%                           anchors (e.g., {'None','A lot'}
% 'txtSize'                 followed by size to display text
% 'anchorSize'              followed by size to display anchor text
% 'legend'                  followed by cell array of string to label
%                           points on graph
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Output:
%
% RatingOnset               Onset of Rating Screen
% RatingOffset              Offset of Rating Screen
% RatingDuration            Duration of Rating Screen
% Rating                    Continuous Rating between 0 and 100
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Copyright (c) 2014 Luke Chang
%
% Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
% copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
% to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
% the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
% and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
% Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
%
% The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
% in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
%
% THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
% OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
% FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
% THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
% LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
% FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
% DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% Defaults
show_text = 0;
show_anchor = 0;
show_legend = 0;

% Parse Inputs
ip = inputParser;
ip.CaseSensitive = false;
ip.addRequired('rating', @isnumeric);
ip.addRequired('screenduration', @isnumeric);
ip.addRequired('window', @isnumeric);
ip.addRequired('rect', @isnumeric);
ip.addRequired('screenNumber',@isnumeric);
ip.addParameter('txt','',@isstr);
checkType = @(t) any(strcmpi(t,{'line','linear','log'}));
ip.addParameter('type','line',checkType);
ip.addParameter('anchor',{},@iscell);
ip.addParameter('txtSize',30,@isnumeric)
ip.addParameter('anchorSize',20,@isnumeric)
ip.addParameter('legend',{},@iscell)
ip.parse(rating,screenduration,window, rect, screenNumber, varargin{:})
rating = ip.Results.rating;
screenduration = ip.Results.screenduration;
window  = ip.Results.window;
rect  = ip.Results.rect;
screenNumber  = ip.Results.screenNumber;
img_type = ip.Results.type;
if ~isempty(ip.Results.txt)
    show_text = 1;
    txt = ip.Results.txt;
end
if ~isempty(ip.Results.anchor)
    show_anchor = 1;
    anchor = ip.Results.anchor;
end
if ~isempty(ip.Results.txtSize)
    txtSize = ip.Results.txtSize;
end
if ~isempty(ip.Results.anchorSize)
    anchorSize = ip.Results.anchorSize;
end
if ~isempty(ip.Results.legend)
    leg = ip.Results.legend;
    show_legend = 1;
    if length(rating) ~= length(leg)
        error('Make sure you enter a cell array of legend names that has the same number of elements as the rating vector.')
    end
end

% Check that image is on path
switch img_type
    case 'log'
        try
            img_file = which('bartoshuk_scale.jpg');
        catch
            error('Make sure bartoshuk_scale.jpg is on your path')
        end
    case 'linear'
        try
            img_file = which('linear_scale.jpg');
        catch
            error('Make sure linear_scale.jpg is on your path')
        end
    case 'line'
        try
            img_file = which('line_scale.jpg');
        catch
            error('Make sure line_scale.jpg is on your path')
        end
end

% Colors
rgb = [255 0 0; 0 255 0; 0 0 255; 0 128 128; 128 128 0; 128 0 128;  0 64 192; 192 64 0; 64 192 0; 64 0 192; 192 0 64];

% Configure screen
disp.screenWidth = rect(3);
disp.screenHeight = rect(4);
disp.xcenter = disp.screenWidth/2;
disp.ycenter = disp.screenHeight/2;

%%% create Rating screen
disp.scale.width = 964;
disp.scale.height = 252;
disp.scale.w = Screen('OpenOffscreenWindow',screenNumber);

% add scale image
disp.scale.imagefile = which(img_file);
image = imread(disp.scale.imagefile);
disp.scale.texture = Screen('MakeTexture',window,image);

% placement
disp.scale.rect = [[disp.xcenter disp.ycenter]-[0.5*disp.scale.width 0.5*disp.scale.height] [disp.xcenter disp.ycenter]+[0.5*disp.scale.width 0.5*disp.scale.height]];
Screen('DrawTexture',disp.scale.w,disp.scale.texture,[],disp.scale.rect);

% determine cursor parameters
cursor.xmin = disp.scale.rect(1) + 123;
cursor.width = 709;
cursor.xmax = cursor.xmin + cursor.width;
cursor.size = 8;
cursor.center = cursor.xmin + ceil(cursor.width/2);
cursor.y = disp.scale.rect(4) - 41;
cursor.labels = cursor.xmin + [10 42 120 249 379];

% Get Rating Onset Time
RatingOnset = GetSecs;

% Show Ratings
line_array = [];
color_array = [];
for i = 1:length(rating)

    % Generate random color if more than 11 variables to plot
    if i > size(rgb,1)
        rgb(i,:) = round(rand(1,3)*255);
    end

    %     % check bounds
    %     if cursor.x > cursor.xmax
    %         cursor.x = cursor.xmax;
    %     elseif cursor.x < cursor.xmin
    %         cursor.x = cursor.xmin;
    %     end

    % Starting position (x,y)
    l(1,1) = cursor.xmin + (rating(i)*cursor.width);
    l(2,1) = cursor.y - 42;

    % Ending position (x,y)
    l(1,2) = cursor.xmin + (rating(i)*cursor.width);
    l(2,2) = cursor.y + 17;
    line_array = [line_array l];

    % Colors (need to specify separate column for start and stop
    col(:,1) = rgb(i,:); %color
    col(:,2) = rgb(i,:); %color
    color_array = [color_array col];
end

% Plot ratings cursor
Screen('DrawTextures',window,disp.scale.texture,[],disp.scale.rect);
if img_type == 'line'
    Screen('DrawLines',window, line_array, 5,color_array);
else %change size
    Screen('DrawLines',window, line_array, 4,color_array);
    %     Screen('DrawLine',window,rgb(i,:),cursor.x,cursor.y-(ceil(.107*(cursor.x-cursor.xmin)))-5,cursor.x,cursor.y+10,3);
end

if show_text
    Screen('TextSize',window,txtSize);
    DrawFormattedText(window, txt,'center',disp.scale.height,255);
end

if show_anchor     %Show Anchor
    %     Screen('TextFont', window, 'Helvetica Light');
    Screen('TextSize', window, anchorSize);
    DrawFormattedText(window, anchor{1}, cursor.xmin - length(anchor{1})*10 - 40,cursor.y - 25, [255 255 255]);
    DrawFormattedText(window, anchor{2}, cursor.xmax + 25,cursor.y - 25, [255 255 255]);
end

if show_legend      %Show legend
    Screen('TextSize', window, txtSize);
    for i = 1:length(leg)
        DrawFormattedText(window, leg{i}, 'center',(rect(4)/2)+(i*txtSize)+80, rgb(i,:));
    end
end

Screen('Flip',window);

if screenduration == 0
    [presstime keycode delta] = KbWait;
else
    WaitSecs(screenduration);
end

RatingOffset = GetSecs;
RatingDuration = RatingOffset - RatingOnset;

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La rue des Hannetons (en alsacien : Maikäfergässel) est une voie de Strasbourg, rattachée administrativement au Quartier Gare - Kléber, qui va du  de la rue Salzmann à la rue du Bouclier.

Toponymie

Au fil des siècles, les dénominations se sont succédé, en allemand ou en français : Bückinggesselin (1285),  Zwerchgesselin, Querchgesselin (1310), Bückinsgesselin (1464), Bickinggesselin (1587), Maikäfergässlein (1673 et ), rue de la Guirlande (1794), Maykäfer-Gässlein (1817), Maikäfergässchen (1872, 1940), rue des Hannetons (1823, 1918, 1945).

Adolphe Seyboth observe que jusqu'à l'apparition du thème des hannetons au milieu du , les appellations font le plus souvent référence à un type de hareng saur (Bücking), mais il n'avance pas d'explication.

Des plaques de rues bilingues, à la fois en français et en alsacien, ont été mises en place par la municipalité à partir de 1995. C'est le cas du Maikäfergässel.

Bâtiments remarquables
  Les signes lapidaires sur la porte Renaissance permettent de le dater du , mais la face arrière de  l'église réformée du Bouclier, qui donne sur la rue des Hannetons, a été construite à la fin du .

  Reconstruite au  à l'angle du  de la rue Salzmann, la maison a été habitée en 1789 par le pasteur Jean-Georges Stuber, puis en 1795 par l'écrivain autrichien Johann Rautenstrauch, auteur d'un poème à la gloire de Strasbourg, Das beglückte Straßburg. En 1822 le facteur de pianos Philippe Nérée Jauch y a vécu également.La bâtisse, dont l'entrée se trouve dans la rue des Hannetons, abrite désormais la villa Wilhelmitana, un foyer d'étudiants rattaché au Stift. La Wilhelmitana est une ancienne corporation d'étudiants en théologie protestante fondée en 1855. Elle tient son nom du couvent Saint-Guillaume, où se trouvait le Collegium Wilhelmitanum, détruit en 1860 par un incendie.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Maurice Moszberger (dir.), « Hannetons (rue des) », in Dictionnaire historique des rues de Strasbourg, Le Verger, Barr, 2012 (nouvelle éd. révisée),
  Adolphe Seyboth, « Maikäfergässchen. Rue des Hannetons », in Das alte Strassburg, vom 13. Jahrhundert bis zum Jahre 1870 ; geschichtliche Topographie nach den Urkunden und Chroniken, Strasbourg, 1890,

Articles connexes
 Liste des voies de Strasbourg

Liens externes
 « Rue des Hannetons (Strasbourg) » (ArchiWiki)
 Strasbourg, rue des Hannetons (photographie de Lucien Blumer, sans date, Archives de la Ville et de l'Eurométropole de Strasbourg)
Rue des Hannetons (reproduction d'une peinture d'André Schmitt, 1944, Archives de Strasbourg)

Hannetons

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Duncan Mackay
Principal Adviser, Urban and Peri-Urban Environments, Government Advice Team, Natural England, United Kingdom
Duncan Mackay BSc, FRSA, cFLI, is head of Urban Environments at Natural England. He was previously director of the Countryside Agency for South East (SE) England and advisory board member of the SE Forestry Commission and SE Sustainable Food & Farming Board. Formerly employed in consultancy and local government, Duncan began his career as deputy secretary of the UK's oldest conservation body, the Open Spaces Society. He designated the Thames Path National Trail in 1989. Duncan was elected to the National Trust Council in 2018. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a candidate fellow of the Landscape Institute. He is a past winner of the Henry Ford European Conservation Award and the author of academic papers on new commons and six books on apples, history, wild food, River Thames, unexplained phenomena and urban green spaces. Duncan rode his folding bike from the Isle of Wight to Cape Wrath to promote sustainable transport and Slow Food. He also collects lucky pebbles having studied geology and geography at University in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Abstract: M7.00005 : Raman scattering studies of the temperature- and magnetic field-dependent studies of the single molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$-acetate*
Shi Yuan
(University of Illinois)
Yewon Gim
S.L. Cooper
Single molecule magnets (SMMs) have attracted much interest since they were first reported in 1991. SMMs are a class of metal-organic compounds that show superparamagnetic behavior below a certain blocking temperature at the molecular scale. We present a study of the temperature- and magnetic-field-dependence of the single molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$-acetate using Raman scattering. Temperature-dependent measurements show an anomalous phonon behavior near 200K, indicating a lower crystal symmetry than tetragonal and supporting the inclusion of a second-order rhombic term $E(S^2_x - S^2_y)$ in the Hamiltonian, consistent with previous neutron and X-ray studies. Our field-dependent measurements near 3K show that a magnetic field oriented perpendicular to the Mn$_{12}$ magnetization direction does not affect the phonon vibrational energies. However, when the magnetic field is oriented along the easy-axis direction, there is a clear phonon mode splitting at 540 cm$^{-1}$, indicating a strong spin-phonon coupling associated with this phonon mode and the existence of a fourth-order anisotropy term in the Hamiltonian for Mn$_{12}$ acetate. The field-induced nonzero local transverse term may be responsible for a small tilt of the anisotropy axis and the odd resonance tunneling.
*Research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering under Award DE-FG02-07ER46453


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Published: Jul 6, 2022 · This post may contain affiliate links
Kaloko Honokohau National Historical Park - Hawaii
Epic Guide to Kaloko Honokohau National Historical Park on the Big Island of Hawaii including things to do, history, epic sunsets, and so much more.
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
About Kaloko-Honokōhau NHP
Is Kaloko-Honokōhau National NHP worth visiting?
History of Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Things to know before your visit to Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Details about Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Where is Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park?
Getting to Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Best time to visit Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Best Things to do in Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Hiking in Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
How to beat the crowds in Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park?
Where to stay when visiting Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Parks Near Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Kaloko Honokōhau NHP is one of the hidden gems of Hawaii.
This is truly one of our favorite parks in the US National Park system. It is absolutely amazing.
Established in 1978, Kaloko Honokohau was created to preserve the coastal sections of two ahupua'a (traditional land divisions), Kaloko and Honokōhau.
You can hike out and see the largest fish pond wall in Hawai'i which was recently completed in the park. The rock wall is over 800ft in length and 40ft wide and shows how native Hawaiians (kanaka maoli) used fish ponds to survive in this hot arid environment.
The wetland of the Aimakapa Fishpond is an amazing place to look for birds. Early morning is a great time for birdwatching and it gets you out before it gets really hot especially hiking on the black lava.
Migrating birds stop at the wetlands during the winter. Keep an eye out for endangered Hawaiian stilts and coots in the Kaloko Fishpond.
Kaloko Honokohau is one of my favorite parks in the National Park system! It is extremely easy to access and is located just north of Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
You can visit the park's visitor center, go for a hike, go wildlife viewing, and explore the beach.
There have been several times that I have found myself to be one of two people on the entire beach looking out into the Pacific Ocean.
Me and my wife, Tammilee, have found ourselves realizing that we have an entire piece of paradise all too ourselves!
It is also one of the best sunsets you will ever find. Imagine sitting on the beach watching sea turtles sleep in the sand while watching the sunset over the Pacific Ocean with palm trees in the background...truly paradise!
Kaloko Honokohau National Historical Park is located in the Kona district on the big island of Hawaii. It located on the western coast of the island.
The "Big Island" of Hawaii, as it is called, is said to be named as such after the Polynesian explorer who discovered it, Hawai'iloa.
Another theory is that the name stemmed from the native word Hawaiki, which is the place where Polynesian people are said to have originated, the place they go in the afterlife, and the place of their gods and goddesses.
In the late 1700s, Captain James Cook was the first European explorer to visit Hawaii. He nicknamed the collective Hawaiian Islands "Sandwich Islands" after his expedition patron, the Earl of Sandwich.
Cook was killed on the big island in 1779 after a scuffle involving a boat theft.
The Big Island was home to Pai'ea Kamehameha, or The Great Kamehameha, who ruled the islands.
While serving as ruler, and after several years of battles, Kamehameha united the islands together in 1795.
The native Hawaiians settled this rough, jagged, area along the sea as they believed it was a highly spiritual place. They believed that every part of the land and sea in the area evoked a spiritual presence.
The word Kaloko means "pond" and the word Honokohau means "the bay where waters congregate" in Hawaiian.
These two names designated for this Hawaiian Historical Park are the names of two of the four different ahupua'a in the area.
The Hawaiian term ahupua'a refers to a large subdivision of land that usually extends from the mountains to the sea and includes one or more watershed.
Throughout history, each of these areas of land had their own complex socioeconomic system. Each ahupua'a met some need of the greater population in the area. Each had a specific resource they could offer.
A vital resource for generations of natives in this area was fish harvested from the sea and also from fishponds they constructed themselves.
It is believed some of these fishponds were used for more than 600 years. They also grew coconut trees and harvested sweet potatoes as well as raised livestock such as chicken and pigs.
To ensure a thriving spirit in each ahupua'a, those closest to the sea supplied fish, and those more inland grew crops and raised the livestock.
Others would also supply items such as the taro plant and wood. The different groups would then trade with each other what was needed.
Archeologists have long studied the area of this park for its rich history and tight knit community spirit of the natives, surveying over 200 different sites.
The evidence at these sites date back to prehistoric times and on up to historic times.
Archeologists have found evidence of home and religious sites, stone altars and shrines, lava tube shelters in the event of an eruption from the island's several volcanoes, as well as petroglyphs.
The petroglyphs scattered among the area tell a deeper story into the sense of community and life among the ahupua'as.
The Kaloko Fishpond is an impressive example of the ingenuity and use of the resources that are provided.
The natives first built a lava rock wall in order to separate the bay from the sea. They used special gates, called makaha to control the amount of water that reached the pond and put in place angled walls that controlled the force of massive sea waves.
The lava rocks were porous which also helped control the amount of seawater.
The Kaloko Fishpond seawall was approximately 30 feet wide, 6 feet tall and stretched for 250 yards. In the 1950s the wall was destroyed by storms.
Since that time, the National Park Service has worked with native elders and referenced archeological information to try and reconstruct the wall to the way the natives had built it years ago.
What is visible today is parts of the stonewall as well as the ancient 'Ai'opio Fishtrap. The walls for this fishtrap were constructed in a way which made it easy for the fish to swim over during high tide.
During low, tide, the fish were then trapped in a specific area and then stored in underwater sections until needed.
The Kaloko Honokohau National Historical Park was established in 1978. The park also includes the National Historic Landmarked archeological site called the Honokohau Settlement.
Hawaiian Time Zone
Pets are allowed but must be on a leash at all times.
Cell service really depends on where you are in the park. The visitor center, Kaloko Fishponds, and Ai'opio fish trap normally have good cell service.
Hale Ho'okipa Visitor Center and parking lot are open 8:30 am-4:00 pm daily.
The Kaloko Road Gate is open from 8:00 am-5:00 pm daily. An entrance, which leads to the south end of the park, is reached by following Kealakehe Parkway to the Honokohau Harbor, taking the first right turn and then following the road to the Kona Sailing Club. From here it is a short walk to the beach area.
Visitors are welcome in the park after 4:00 PM, but vehicles must be removed from Hale Ho'okipa Visitor Center parking area.
There is no Public Wi-Fi available in the park.
There is a great parking area near the visitor center.
There are no restaurants within the park. There are amazing restaurants nearby in Kailua-Kona
There are at least 23 public charging ports in Kailua-Kona
Size - 1160 acres
In 2021, Kaloko-Honokōhau NHP had 262,653 park visitors.
73-4786 Kanalani St., #14
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740-2600
Park phone number: 808-329-6881
Kaloko Honokohau NHP is located near Kailua Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Kailua Kona - 3.3 miles
Waikoloa Village - 28 miles
Hawi - 49 miles
Hilo - 77 miles
Estimated Distance from nearby National Parks
Haleakala National Park is located on the island of Maui.
Hale Ho'okipa, the park's visitor center, is open Daily from 8:30- 4:00pm
The visitor center is located off of Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, south of 97 mile marker
Keahole International Airport (Kailua-Kona Airport) (KOA)
The visitor center, Hale Ho'okipa, is located half a mile north of the entrance to Honokōhau Harbor.
The Kaloko road gate is located across the highway from the Kaloko New Industrial Park (across from the big yellow "Kona Trade Center" building).
The best time to visit is anytime you can make it to the Big Island of Hawaii.
Kailua Kona experiences epic warm weather through out the year. There is very little temperature change throughout the year.
We suggest planning a few hours minimum in the park. One of our favorite things to do in the park is watch sunset.
We visit the fish ponds and main portions of the park during the day and then head to the harbor for epic sunset views.
Hale Ho'okipa, is located half a mile north of the entrance to Honokohau Harbor.
Hale Ho'okipa, the Park's Visitor Center has a bookstore/gift shop, interpretive information, a ranger on duty, and great views of the Pacific Ocean
This area is considered sacred and should be protected. Please do not climb on walls, pick plants, get too close to the turtles, or remove artifacts or rocks. This park is here to preserve the culture of the ancient Hawaiians.
You can pick up a Kaloko Honokohau NHP Junior Ranger program at the visitor center.
Kaloko-Honokōhau Junior Ranger Activity Book (2.12 MB, PDF) (Ages 13 and above)
Children's Activity Book (2.78 MB, PDF) (Ages 3-6)
Are you a slightly older Jr. Ranger, but think you're smarter than a fourth-grader? Then the Kupuna Ranger Book might be for you!
There is epic bird watching at the Kaloko Fishpond including endangered Hawaiian Stilts.
The Aimakapa Fishpond is a great place to see migratory birds that winter in the park each year.
Within the park you can explore the Mamaloahoa Trail along with the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail.
Ala Hele Ike Trail will lead you from the visitor center to Honokohau Beach
We have visited the park many times and rarely seen a crowd. The best way to beat the crowds is to visit early in the day or stay for sunset.
There is great lodging and vacation rentals available in Kailua-Kona and surrounding areas.
Courtyard by Marriott King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel - We have stayed at this hotel a few times and it has been fantastic. look forward to a poolside bar, a terrace, and shopping on site. With a beachfront location, beach massages, and beach towels, this hotel is the perfect place to soak up some sun. Indulge in a body scrub, a deep-tissue massage, and a body wrap at The Spa, the onsite spa. Enjoy a meal at the two onsite restaurants. Yoga classes are offered at the gym; other things to do include rowing/canoeing. Stay connected with free in-room Wi-Fi, and guests can find other amenities such as a coffee shop/cafe and a garden.
Westin Hapuna Beach Resort - This is one of our favorite hotels in the world. Take advantage of 18 holes of golf, a grocery/convenience store, and a terrace at The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort. This resort is a great place to bask in the sun with a beachfront location, beachfront dining, and sun loungers. Indulge in a deep-tissue massage, a body treatment, and a body scrub at Hapuna Spa by Mandara, the onsite spa. Be sure to enjoy a meal at any of the 3 onsite restaurants, which feature Mediterranean cuisine and ocean views. The 24-hour gym offers aerobics classes and yoga classes; other things to do include snorkeling, volleyball, and kayaking. Stay connected with free in-room Wi-Fi, and guests can find other amenities such as shopping on site and a coffee shop/café.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Kailua-Kona - Free continental breakfast, 9 beach bars, and a terrace are just a few of the amenities provided at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Kailua-Kona, an IHG Hotel. For some rest and relaxation, visit the hot tub. Free in-room Wi-Fi is available to all guests, along with dry cleaning/laundry services and a gym.
Royal Kona Resort - look forward to a terrace, a garden, and laundry facilities. This hotel is a great place to bask in the sun with beachfront dining and beach massages. Treat yourself to a body treatment, a body scrub, or a body wrap at Lotus Center Spa, the onsite spa. Be sure to enjoy a meal at Don The Beachcomber, the onsite restaurant. Free in-room Wi-Fi is available to all guests, along with 2 bars and a gym.
Aston Kona by the Sea - Guests at this beach condo building will appreciate convenient onsite amenities such as barbecue grills and a picnic area. Each condo provides a kitchen with a refrigerator, an oven, a stovetop, and a microwave. Guests will appreciate conveniences like 2 bathrooms and a washer/dryer, while a TV with cable channels and a DVD player provide a bit of entertainment. Housekeeping is available on request.
Fairmont Orchid - 4.5-star luxury resort by the ocean. At Fairmont Orchid, you can look forward to 18 holes of golf, a beach bar, and a free daily manager's reception. This resort is a great place to bask in the sun with a private beach, beachfront dining, and beach cabanas. Treat yourself to reflexology, a body scrub, or a hot stone massage at Spa Without Walls, the onsite spa. Be sure to enjoy a meal at any of the 4 onsite restaurants, which feature international cuisine and garden views. The health club offers Pilates classes and yoga classes; other things to do include rowing/canoeing, scuba diving, and snorkeling. In addition to a terrace and designer stores on site, guests can connect to free Wi-Fi in public areas.
Click on the map below to see additional hotels and vacation rentals near the park.
There are no National Park Campgrounds in the park.
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Hawaii's Best Campspot - Naalehu, HI
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KCAD Collaborates to Apply for 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
Posted October 9, 2013 in Campus
Students and faculty members from Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD), Ferris State University and Lansing Community College convened on Sept. 26 for a day and a half design charrette intended to shape a group proposal for the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The event challenges collegiate teams from around the world to design and build energy-efficient houses that are powered by the sun. The houses are then evaluated over the course of ten "contests", which include architecture, market appeal, engineering, energy balance and home entertainment, among others.
Students and faculty at the recent design charette
The partnership between the three schools has been dubbed 'Team Sustainable Michigan,' and is led by Brian Craig, director of the new KCAD Master of Architecture Program and the Ferris State University Center for the Built Environment, and George Berghorn, dean of technical careers at Lansing Community College.
"We have to be convincing to the Department of Energy about our approach, our team and the ideas, technologies and innovations we want to explore," Craig explained. "The purpose of the charrette was not to design the house, but to design the problem we want to solve."
Of the more than 50 teams that are expected to apply to participate in the Solar Decathlon, only 20 are chosen to compete, making the application process a contest in its own right. The charrette, which broke attendees up into groups mixing all three schools, yielded a number of ideas about how to craft a compelling proposal, starting with the basic nature of "house" and including surpassing Department of Energy standards, ensuring the house's ability to adapt to the needs of the future and exploring the uses of recycled construction materials from Habitat for Humanity.
Collaborative design in action at the recent design charette
If Team Sustainable Michigan's proposal is accepted, the ensuing design and building processes will be entirely student-led, with faculty members from all three institutions advising.
"This is really all about giving students the opportunity to be designers and project managers and team members who make an impact on the built environment," said Craig. "It's also about pursuing innovation through collaborative design principles."
The students involved in crafting the proposal reflect a multidisciplinary approach that Craig and other organizers feel gives Team Sustainable Michigan a competitive advantage.
"The best work happens when it's trans-disciplinary," said Craig. "An architecture students talks to an industrial design student about the user experience of the people who will live in the house while working with a graphic design student about how to present the idea – that's what makes for good design."
Proposals are due to the Department of Energy in November. Team Sustainable Michigan will know by January of 2014 if they've been selected to compete.
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On Friday, September 20, 2013, The Hay-Adams Author Series welcomed Christopher Buckley, author, satirist and Forbes editor, to discuss his novels including his latest, They Eat Puppies, Don't They?, while dining with guests at The Top of the Hay, the Hotel's elegant rooftop spaces overlooking the White House. This Author Series event coincided with the Library of Congress National Book Festival on the National Mall.
Hans Bruland, Vice President and General Manager of The Hay-Adams, hosted the Author Series, along with Jonathan Yardley, book critic at The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize recipient. A selection of Buckley's books were available to purchase.
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Where are we in terms of preventing breast cancer?
Wednesday morning, oncologist Dr. Lisa McGrail discussed a vaccine she has been working on for a long time.
"We're very excited that we just started our clinical trial at George Washington Medical Faculty Associates. The vaccine is for women who are breast cancer survivors, but who are at high risk to recur," said McGrail.
She added, "It's for women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer but at the time of the diagnosis, the cancer had spread to maybe a stage two are a stage three but they're living with sort of the risk that this could come back sometime in the future."
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Wednesday we're celebrating 20 years of Buddy Check 9!
Tuesday, WUSA9's Andrea Roane had the honor of standing alongside breast cancer survivors and supporters in Prince George's County. The county issued a proclamation WUSA9 and Buddy Check 9 for its community service as it recognized Breast Cancer Awareness month.
In honor of the month firefighters were there wearing pink shirts and some of them will be seen around the county in a pink fire engine.
Survivors were honored and council chair member Ingrid Turner reminded everyone to be proactive when it comes to their breast health.
"We hope that in our lifetime we'll find a cure for cancer, but if we don't find a cure, what's the best way to make sure we have survivors? One of the best ways is early detection," said Turner.
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Dr. Rachel Brem is Director of Breast Imaging and Intervention Center. The Mammovan is her "big" baby.
Dr. Brem spoke to us on Wednesday as part of the 20th anniversary of Buddy Check 9 and before the screenings at the mammovan set for Thursday. It's the 17th anniversary of the Mammovan.
"Almost all cancers that were detected on the mammovan have been early stage curable breast cancers. We're proud of the teamwork that really results in curing lives. The Mammovan has become an important part of our community where we try to break down every language barrier, working with community leaders and free mammography so it's one of the longest functioning mobile mammography programs in the country. We're very proud," Dr. Brem told us.
Mammography is step one but if something is found on the van and if you're uninsured what does the Brem Foundation do?
(WUSA9) -- The Prince George's County Council will honor Buddy Check 9 and Andrea for her 20 years of work raising awareness about breast cancer on Tuesday.
Wednesday, on the 9th of the month, we're bringing the GW Mammovan to WUSA9 so you can see inside the mobile health clinic and learn how you can help keep it on the road, saving lives.
Since hitting the streets in 1996, more than 36,000 women have been screened in the Mammovan. About 125 cancers have been detected.
Then, on Thursday, we're not just talking about Early Detection, we're helping you practice Early Detection. The Mammovan will be back, parked in front of our building on October 10th so women who made appointments can be screened on the van.
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Washington Animal Rescue League has a new Pet of the Week.
Rose Morgan is an adorable 4.5-month-old hound mix puppy. She arrived at the Washington Animal Rescue League from Mississippi in July. Rose is the last of her traveling companions still waiting for a forever home.
Unfortunately, her leg was injured at some time in her past and beyond hope of repair, so veterinarians at WARL's Medical Center decided the best option for her was to amputate the leg. Rose has recovered completely from the surgery and is ready to take on the world!
Rose is healthy, active, and friendly...although she can be a little timid initially. She's looking for an adult home where she'll have an opportunity to play with other social dogs...and get lots of love and attention! Could that be yours?
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A Decade of Changes in the Wildcat Creek Flood Control Channel, North Richmond
Ginsberg, Ben
A Decade of Changes in the Wildcat Creek Flood Control Channel, North Richmond Abstract: The lower Wildcat Creek flood control and riparian restoration project was one of the first of its kind and is commonly cited in literature on river restoration. The project was initially constructed in 1989 but was reworked in 2000. The project consists of small low flow channel which meanders through a riparian corridor which is adjacent to a larger flood plain. Contra Costa County conducted yearly cross-sectional surveys of the channel until the year 2005 when they abruptly stopped. These surveys were instrumental in determining morphological changes to the channel due to deposition of sediment and scouring of the channel. Survey data was crucial in determining whether sediment removal was necessary to keep the project functioning. I went out to the project site in early May 2008 to survey six cross-sections of the channel. These cross-sections were compared to cross-sections from previous years, at the same locations, and it was determined that channel morphology is continuing to change. Sediment has been building up on the flood control plain and scouring has occurred in the low flow channel. In order to better understand what maintenance must be done to keep the project working to its full potential the practice of annually surveying the channel must continue.
Evidence of Ecologically Relevant Degradation of Summer Base-flows in the Navarro River, California
Hines, David;
Kohlsmith, Emma
China Camp's race against the tides: Predicting tidal marsh survival through comparison of project sea level rise elevations and sediment accretion rates
Hannah, Whitney;
Kuhn, Marlene
Short-term geomorphic impacts of culvert removal following Best Management Practices in streams of northern California
Lawrence, Justin E
A short-term assessment of spatial and temporal variations in water quality of the San Lorenzo River
Richardson, Christina
Advisor(s): Fisher, Andrew
C(re)ek-storation Community Collaboration Site: North Fork of Strawberry Creek by La Loma and Le Conte Avenues
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Few Mad Men characters are more beloved than Salvatore Romano, brought to life onscreen by Bryan Batt. Which is sort of surprising, considering he hasn't appeared in an episode in this decade. Bratt's last appearance on the show came in October 2009, when Sterling Cooper fired him for refusing the sexual advances of Lucky Strike exec Lee Garner, Jr.
He got the role in one audition—that he almost blew off. After Batt's goddaughter helped to save goods from the store Batt and his husband owned in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, the couple decided to take her to Paris.
A week before we were set to leave, my agent called. "There's this audition for this TV show and they really want to see you," he said. "It's called Mad Men and you'd play an art director in 1960." I never got television auditions, but I couldn't cancel this trip. I pushed for another audition time. Not an option. So I let it go, the first time in my memory when I chose life over show business.
I returned home from Paris […] and received another call from my agent. "You know," he went on, "they never found who they wanted for Mad Men." So I put on a little ascot and a blazer and went into the audition […] and I got it… in one audition. That does not happen.
He explained that this was the course for the character, but that I shouldn't worry: Sal would come back. He kept saying that, a few times at awards shows after we finished shooting, which was quite interesting. I knew how much Matt loved all of his characters and the actors he cast in them, and how difficult it must have been to do the inevitable. […] Matt mentioned along the way that Sal could come back as a big director, but I think the storyline took a different route.
Read Batt's full essay on Esquire.com.


This location is a great place for those who just want to get their workout done with no worries about staring at someone else half naked. Employees are knowledgeable about the equipment and are glad to educate you on how to use weights and other equipment properly. I have used personal trainers a time or two here, and they help you achieve great results. Monthly fees are affordable for those on a budget.
These guys are efficient and help me find the best deal to ship things. Employees are friendly and they have a good selection of packing materials. In the summertime, they even have great deals on color copies!
Besides a few playgrounds for kids, the big attraction is the hiking. There are quite a few trails that are fun to travel and you get to see a lot of nature. My boys loved trying to identify the plants and bugs we encountered along the way. When you camp, try and get a shelter! They are kept in good condition and are always clean when we arrive.
I love this park! There is an abundance of wildlife - armadillos, snakes, birds, and of course, alligators. But my favorite part is the observatory. On a clear night, the view from the largest telescope is awesome. My son fell in love with the stars and planets and has remained fascinated, thanks to visits there. It is a must-see if you go camping here on the weekends!
My son goes to Sugar Mill Elementary and he loves it! The teachers are top notch and the PTA associated with this school is very active. I know that my son is getting a quality education.
I walked into this location and there were several associates visible and only one other customer, yet it was as if they had no idea I was there - the Invisible Woman! Maybe I went on a bad day, but I expect to at least be acknowleded as a customer when I walk in the door. I just turned back around and walked out the door. Instead of one star, I'll give them two because I did not have a problem before.
I bought my wedding dress here after a lot of searching. My dress had to be special ordered and they tracked it for months to ensure that it got here in time for alterations. Their seamstress did an awesome job! I had lostweight between fittings and she was so good-natured about redoing some of her work. Prices were on par with wedding industry.
I like coming to this Borders location because the employees are so helpful. However, their book selection is a bit lacking. I either have to make a special trip elsewhere or have them order my selections. Still, I enjoy the layout of the store and the little cafe as well.


Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim's SGLT2 med Jardiance has won a new FDA indication for reducing the risk of cardiovascular death in Type 2 diabetes patients.
Good news for Eli Lilly: It's snagged a new indication for SGLT2 contender Jardiance, meaning its reps can now directly promote its claims that the med reduces the risk of cardiovascular death in Type 2 diabetes patients. And with that, the company should see the "inflection point" in sales that it's been waiting for, analysts predict.
Regulators handed down the positive decision Friday, citing the 38% reduction in cardiovascular death the med—which Lilly shares with partner Boehringer Ingelheim—posted in its EMPA-REG outcomes trial.
It was hardly a sure thing, though. In June, an FDA panel of experts only narrowly recommended the new indication, voting by a tally of 12-11. The agency's final verdict represents a best-case scenario for the the drugmakers; the FDA might have simply added the outcomes data to Jardiance's label rather than backing a formal indication. Even worse, Lilly and Boehringer might have been stuck waiting until 2017, when results from an outcomes study of Johnson & Johnson's competitor Invokana are due, Credit Suisse analyst Vamil Divan wrote in a note to clients.
Instead, the new nod should now "allow for Lilly to be more aggressive in promoting the impressive results" of EMPA-REG, he said. He expects treatment guidelines from the American Diabetes Association and other groups to shift in Jardiance's favor as well, "setting the stage for greater Jardiance uptake"—particularly among primary care physicians.
The way Evercore ISI analyst John Scotti sees it, the indication bodes well not only for Jardiance, but for "the SGLT2 class as a whole." And the class, which includes AstraZeneca's Forxiga in addition to Invokana and Jardiance, could use the boost; Lilly's diabetes head, Enrique Conterno, has acknowleged more than once to investors that the class has been expanding at a slower rate than Lilly had expected.
The go-ahead also represents a validation of the tack Lilly recently decided to take in relation to Glyxambi, its SGLT2-DPP-4 combo med. Last month, Conterno told shareholders the company was holding off on investing in Glyxambi itself, choosing instead to focus all efforts on the Jardiance CV death claim and later let Glyxambi feed off Jardiance's success. That made the new indication for Jardiance a matter of "need," though, meaning Lilly's execs are likely now breathing a sigh of relief.
Now, consensus estimates peg Jardiance as a $4 billion-or-so seller in 2025, Scotti noted, with that figure including Glyxambi's contribution. About $1.7 billion of that haul will end up in Lilly's pocket, he noted.


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"It's not funny. If you must know, when I was three, Fred turned my - my teddy bear into a great big filthy spider because I broke his toy broomstick ... You wouldn't like them either if you'd been holding your bear and suddenly it had too many legs and ... "
He does it because Ron broke his toy broomstick. From that point on, Ron is deathly afraid of spiders.
This is a pretty complex bit of Transfiguration for a five-year-old, considering eleven-year-olds struggle to turn matches into needles. Maybe Ron just dreamed the whole thing.


Fire chief George Rider, at right, shouts directions to Bartlett firefighters battling the blaze at 7230 Cedar Road on Dec. 14, 1979.
Last Friday in a training drill, the city's firefighters got the chance to show their stuff. "7230 Cedar Road. Possible structure fire," came the radio call. The time was 2:08 p.m. One by one, the units responded. The firemen, busy preparing for a holiday potluck supper, swung onto the trucks they had just finished cleaning for the evening's festivities. Engines roaring the big pumpers headed out.
With concrete being poured and the walls almost ready to go up, work is proceeding at a rapid pace in the construction of the Kraft Food Ingredients pilot plant at the Bartlett Industrial Park.
The 30,000 square foot plant will be used to test large batch production of food products or ingredients for the company's commercial products, confections and ingredients division. According to associate director for engineering and technical support, Richard Thesing, KFI will employ 13 people at this $2.8 million facility now under construction.
On Dec. 17, the Bartlett Area Chamber of commerce was scheduled to hold a party for Holiday Heroes, members of the Chamber who volunteered to buy gifts for the children of Boys Town. Co-sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Bartlett, the party was the peak of the program, which is in its ninth year. The kids got to thank their holiday heroes and the generous sponsors had the opportunity to meet the children they helped. "They agree to buy these gifts with their money," said Judy Summers with the BACC. While a hero can only spend $75 per child, the program ensured that each of the 86 kids received what they wanted. "The children provide a wish list for them to purchase from. They send it to me then I assign them to holiday heroes," Summers said.
The Bartlett Police Department will receive a new law enforcement dog and get instructor certified at the same time. The Bartlett Board of Aldermen approved $18,244 for the department to obtain a new dog and have an officer obtain certification to train other dog handlers for Cobra Canine in Chesapeake, VA. One of the Bartlett dogs is being forced into retirement after suffering from an injured back. The city has a regiment of three dogs to assist in police work.


Some people are born with silver spoons in their mouths. If anything, I was born with a pen in mine. By the time I was nine or ten I was writing plays, terrorizing my friends into acting, and staging them for our parents on the communal lawn in front of the nine factory houses where we lived.
The plays were terrible. My friends learnt to run when they saw me with my book of plays, and I learnt just how much parents are prepared to go through because they love their children.
My obsession with words and communication has remained ever since, along with an insatiable curiosity about anything and everything. So it's not surprising that I grew up to get a journalism degree and spent many years chasing information and stories – or that I also took a course in creative writing, so I could learn to use words to communicate the facts creatively.
I've written for newspapers, magazines, radio and the internet, and covered almost every type of story on every sort of subject, from entertainment to political issues. And I'm not planning to stop – there will always be words, and always new things to learn about and to communicate.


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Congress considers taking Colorado student tipline national
Safe2Tell is credited with helping save kids' lives in Colorado. Now Congress is considering helping expand the program nationwide.
Author: Kevin Vaughan, Katie Wilcox
Published: 3:44 PM MDT October 31, 2018
Updated: 9:18 PM MDT October 31, 2018
Across the country, school districts have sought federal grants to fund revamped security and training, as well as to start crisis intervention teams.
Meanwhile, students regularly undergo active shooter and lockdown drills, and it's all aimed at trying to prevent another tragedy.
Everyone is expected to be vigilant at all times. The mantra is: "If you see something, say something."
"The kids are the detectors," said John Nicoletti, a public safety psychologist who has helped develop threat assessment teams for schools around the country. "They're out there, they are going to see things to begin with, so kids need to be trained on what to look for and how to report it."
In Colorado, a statewide program called Safe2Tell gives students a place to report any threatening or suspicious behavior anonymously and expect that an adult will act on the tip.
VIDEO | See a short animation showing how Safe2Tell works
Safe2Tell is a program that is constantly monitored and takes in tips through phone calls, an online form or a mobile app. Tips are seen by law enforcement, which gets involved if it's appropriate, and sent to the affected schools, where they are investigated. In some cases, students are able to share photos or videos posted online, including threats from classmates against the school or other students – threats Nicoletti described as "broadcasts."
"If somebody broadcasts they are about to do that, believe them and take action," Nicoletti said.
During the first two months of this school year, Safe2Tell Colorado received 59 tips related to a planned school attack. Often, multiple students will see or hear the same threatening message, and Safe2Tell can receive many tips about the same incident.
MONDAY'S STORY | Do schools have enough mental health resources?
"Any kind of a planned school attack, that kind of goes directly to law enforcement and they are involved," said Richard Payne, the security director for Douglas County Schools.
In Douglas County, students can use Safe2Tell or another anonymous reporting tool called "Text-A-Tip" which allows kids to send a text message directly to law enforcement when they think something is wrong.
RELATED | Reports of threats against schools nearly double what they were last year
During the last school year, "Text-A-Tip" received more than 1,100 reports about students in the Douglas County School District who were allegedly using drugs and alcohol, were victims or perpetrators of bullying, who may have been planning a school attack or attempting to hurt or kill themselves.
In each case, the tip was received by the sheriff's department and the district's safety and security team, which then investigated to determine whether it was credible and acted on those that were.
"The key is identifying situations early," Payne said. "Studying school planned attacks early."
The district couldn't say how many planned school attacks might have been prevented, but in at least one notable case from 2015, deputies and school administrators received an anonymous tip about a young woman attending Mountain Vista High School who was possibly planning to hurt herself.
Later, investigators learned the student and a classmate had planned what appeared to be an attack on the school, including researching the purchase of guns. Both girls were taken into custody.
One was sentenced to five years in the Department of Youth Corrections after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. The other was sentenced to three years in the youth corrections system.
RESOURCES | Mental health resources for Colorado residents
Far more common than threats regarding planned school attacks are threats of suicide.
Since Douglas county launched the Text-A-Tip program in 2009, sheriff's officials believe they have stopped at least 27 suicides.
In one recent incident, Payne remembers responding to such a tip.
"We were able to get law enforcement to respond to the house and actually intervene with a girl that was in crisis which saved her life," Payne said. "If it saves one life, then it's a success."
Threats of suicide were the single largest category of tips to Safe2Tell across the state.
During August and September 2018, Safe2Tell Colorado received 432 tips regarding suicide threats, although it's possible many of those were duplicates.
RELATED | What determines a credible threat to a school?
"We are saving kids' lives every single weekend, on Safe2Tell, and that's the value of Safe2Tell," said Brian Ewert, the superintendent of Littleton Public Schools.
"And some weekends, it can be absolutely overwhelming," Ewert said.
"It takes a safety and security team, it takes mental health professionals and it also takes a close partnership with law enforcement depending on the particular Safe2Tell call."
In part because of the success of programs like Text-A-Tip and Safe2Tell in Colorado,
U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) and James Himes (D-Conn.) have co-sponsored a bill that would provide grant money to help states establish an anonymous 24-hour monitored program, like Safe2Tell, that would alert law enforcement of potential threats in schools.
"I believe, in Colorado, we have a real success story," Coffman told 9NEWS. "Safe2Tell is an extraordinary program and I think the rest of the country needs to take a look at it."
The Colorado Legislature has required Safe2Tell to analyze the tips and create an annual report detailing the number of tips that are received about a single incident, and to provide the public with more information about how tips are handled. The first report will be made public by Jan. 2019.
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Machiko Ono and Yosuke Eguchi to play married couple in Asahi TV 2016 Summer drama
Ono Machiko and Eguchi Yosuke will be playing a married couple in the TV Asahi Summer 2016 drama "Hajimemashite, Aishitemasu" (How do you do? I Love You) which will begin its run from July in the Thursdays 9pm timeslot.
The drama which is written by Yukawa Kazuhiko, is based on the theme of plenary adoption where a married couple welcomes a 5-year-old boy into their family after the boy is abandoned by his parents who he had never seen before. Even though they aren't related by blood, the law allows them to be recognised as a family unit under the special adoption scheme. The drama depicts the six months when they first begin living together as a family.
Yukawa commented that despite working with Ono for the first time, he wants to bring out her talent by writing difficult scenes for her to act in. With response to this, Ono said that she is raring to go and happy to take on the challenge. In addition, as she has to play a pianist who has an internationally-renowned conductor father, Ono has been learning how to play the piano since early May. As for her first-time collaboration with Eguchi, Ono expressed excitement at working with such a respected actor she has been seeing on TV before she made her debut.
On the other hand, Eguchi who is also appearing in a Yukawa drama for the first time and has two teenage daughters with his wife Moritaka Chisato, commented that he has come to realize that a married couple's relationship gradually changes as the children grow up. As such, the family dynamics will probably change in a very different way by adopting a child who is not related by blood.
Sources: Sanspo / Yomiuri Hochi
Ayami Gouriki to star in TV Asahi 2016 Summer drama
Gouriki Ayame will be playing a chef for the first time in the upcoming TV Asahi Summer 2016 drama "Gurame! ~ Souri no Ryoriban ~" (Gurame! The Prime Minister's Cook) which will begin its run from July in the Fridays 11.15pm timeslot. The drama which is based on the popular manga titled "Gurame! ~ Daisaishou no Ryorinin ~" by Nishimura Mitsuru and Ozaki Mitsuru, features Gouriki as an aloof and talented chef who is the designated cook for the Prime Minister and showcases her culinary talent when the latter holds banquets for politicians and important individuals.
As Gouriki has to cook a wide range of dishes from French cuisine to B-kyuu gourmet, she is undergoing intensive training at a cooking school so as to look convincing for the part. She commented that it was great that she can also improve her own cooking skills through this training.
Co-stars include Matsuo Yukimi, the 2013 Japanese repsresentative for Miss Universe who is making her debut as an actress and plays an employee at the Prime Minister's office, Shinkawa Yua who plays a political reporter and Naito Lisa who plays the Prime Minister's daughter. Kohinata Fumio will be playing the prime minister while Takito Kenichi will be playing the Prime Minister's secretary who scouts Gouriki's character after meeting her at a ryotei.
Sources: Sanspo / Oricon
Kenichi Matsuyama and Taichi Saotome star in WOWOW drama "Futagashira 2"
Matsuyama Kenichi and Saotome Taichi will be back in the WOWOW drama "Futagashira 2" which will begin its run from September. The duo were the leads in the first series which spanned 5 episodes from June to July last year and are back in the sequel to reprise their roles as Benzo and Soji respectively who try to make it to the top of Edo this time.
Matsuyama commented that he is looking forward to acting in the new sequel which allows him to experience things unique to period dramas. He also said that the drama will showcase the cool charm of men and the womanly charm of women so it will be a must-see for viewers. As for Saotome, he is looking forward to do things that he couldn't show in the last series and wants to challenge himself in the sequel.
Source: Oricon
Wow, Aibou is really lasting the distance. There's a season 15 in autumn and it also stars Sorimachi Takashi, so yay for that!
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Tsuyoshi Ihara to star in TV Tokyo 2016 Summer drama
Ihara Tsuyoshi will be starring in the upcoming TV Tokyo Summer 2016 drama "Yassan ~ Tsukiji Hatsu! Oishii Jikenbo ~" (Yassan - the delicious case files from Tsukiji) which will be shown from July in the Fridays 8pm timeslot. This will be the last drama series to be shot on location at the 80-year-old Tsukiji Market before it moves to Toyosu in November and is Ihara's first primetime drama where he has a leading role.
Ihara plays the role of a mysterious man known as Yassan who has no money and a place to live in. However, he has a lot of knowledge about food and is discerning about food. Yassan's talents are deeply appreciated by many people at Tsukiji Market including the brokers and chefs at high-class restaurants in hotels and he ends up helping the people at the market solve various problems related to food with his buddy Takao who is also homeless like him. There will also be a "Madonna" appearing in each episode as Yassan's potential love interest.
Ihara commented that he found the drama's proposal very interesting and likens it to "Kodoku no Gurume" which also has a food theme and is very excited about being offered this role. As he owns a restaurant in real life and is good at cooking, he can identify with the storyline and its developments. In order to prepare for his role, Ihara started running and weight training to reduce his weight from 84.5kg to 76kg. He also tried to sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor for three nights to experience what it felt like to be homeless.
Source: Sanspo / Yomiuri Hochi / Oricon
Akira Terao to star in TBS 2016 Summer drama
Terao Akira will be the lead in the upcoming TBS Summer 2016 drama "Aogeba Totoshi" which will be shown from July in the Sundays 9pm timeslot. This is his first appearance in a Sunday 9pm drama in 28 years and he is the eldest lead in this timeslot since its inception in 1993. The drama will be written by Izumi Yoshihiro and Hirakawa Yuichiro who worked together on "ROOKIES".
The drama which is based on a true story in 1980 at Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Nanryo Senior High School and its brass band and their advisor Nakazawa Tadao, features Terao as a former saxophone player Higuma Koichi who suffers from side effects due to an accident thus stopped having anything to do with music. He is then hired to manage a small brass band in a senior high school which is to be closed down and has to deal with a group of problematic students who behave violently at times and their parents also giving him a hard time because they do not want to let their children become musicians. Nonetheless, he refuses to give up on his dream of leading the band to take part in the national championship. Co-stars include Tabe Mikako who plays Higuma's daughter Natsuki, Ishizaka Koji, the principal of the senior high school who hires Higuma to be the advisor of the brass band while Mackenyu, Murakami Nijiro, Kitamura Takumi, Taiga and Sano Gaku will play students in the school.
Terao commented that he will be working with many young actors this time who are about 50 years younger than him but he is looking forward to the filming and the chemistry that will evolve between them. It was reported that Terao was selected for the role not just for his acting but also for the fact that he had won the Nippon Record Taisho before with his hit song "Ruby no Yubiwa" since he needs to play musical instruments in the drama.
Sources: Yomiuri Hochi / TBS / Sponichi / Oricon
Yo Yoshida to star in WOWOW 2016 Fall drama
Yoshida Yo will be taking on her first leading role in a drama when she stars in the upcoming WOWOW Autumn 2016 drama "Cold Case ~ Shinjitsu no Tobira" which will begin its run from October. The drama which is the Japanese version of the popular US series and the 2nd commemorative drama for WOWOW's 25th anniversary, features Yoshida as Ishikawa Sayuri, a police detective in the Kanagawa Prefectural Police who works on unresolved cases with her colleagues.
Yoshida who is celebrating her 20th anniversary since her acting debut, revealed that she accepted the offer quickly and is very thankful for the chance to act in this drama. Although she last played a police detective in the TBS drama "Ouroboros ~ Kono ai koso Seigi", this drama would be different as she has to lead the cast. As part of the preparation for this drama, she also cut her hair in layers rather than the straight cut she has been sporting all this while.
Filming is currently in progress in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Source: Sanspo
Kodoku no Gurume Special to be shown this Summer
TV Tokyo will be showing the latest instalment in the "Kodoku no Gurume" series this summer. In the SP titled "Kodoku no Gurume SP! Tohoku Miyagi Shucchou Hen", Matsushige Yutaka who plays the lead character Igashira Goro, will be going on a business trip to Miyagi City in the Tohoku region and continue his journey as a "food terrorist". (Note: Kodoku no Gurume is regarded as a food terrorist drama because it is shown late in the night and the food featured will make the viewers crave for something to eat even though the broadcast time is way too late at night for them to be eating. As such, it is "torture" to the viewers to be fighting their desire and hunger pangs while watching this drama. ^__^)
"Kodoku no Gurume" which is based on the same-titled manga by Kusumi Masayuki, has seen five seasons made to date. Of these, Season 5 got the highest average ratings and a New Year SP in Asahikawa, Hokkaido was aired this year on 1 January. In the upcoming SP, Goro will be visiting Sendai City and Onnagawa-cho and pass by Ishinomaki City and try the local delicacies. Filming has already been completed.
Matsushige commented that even though the Kodoku no Gurume series has seen many instalments to date, this is the first time that they are introducing delicious food from Tohoku and he is confident that viewers will be feeling hungry while they watch this. Especially since this is the first time he has set foot on this region since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, he was reminded of what happened because of the lingering after-effects still visible there. However, the locals have remained at their hometowns and are still producing really tasty cuisine so he hopes to see more people visiting the area after watching this SP.
Source: Dwango
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Michiko Daimon (Ryoko Yonekura) goes up against Shigekatsu Hiruma (Toshiyuki Nishida). Shigekatsu Hiruma is a new director for the best university hospital in Japan and also bears a deep grudge against Michiko Daimon.
Arisa Mizuki to star in NHK/BS Premium channel drama
Mizuki Arisa will be starring in the NHK / BS Premium drama "Kakuregiku" which will begin its run from 4 September in the Sundays 10pm timeslot. This marks the renewal of her current record of starring in the lead roles of drama series for 25 consecutive years.
The drama which is based on the same-titled novel by the late Renjo Mikihiko that had won the 9th Shibata Renzaburo Award in 1996, features the turbulent life of Ueshima Michiko who becomes the manager of a ryotei beside Hamano Lake in Shizuoka Prefecture after being a housewife for 17 years and had to divorce her husband of 17 years. The previous female manager of the ryotei named Kiku will be played by Matsubara Chieko while Maekawa Yasuyuki will play Michiko's ex-husband and Ogawa Tamaki will play his lover. Tsutsui Michitaka will play the president of a construction company who has feelings for Michiko.
Source: Sponichi
Hiroshi Abe & Teruyuki Kagawa to star in NHK drama
Abe Hiroshi and Kagawa Teruyuki will be working together in the new NHK drama "Sniffer Kyuukaku Sousakan" (Sniffer The investigation officer with a sense of smell) which will begin its run from 22 October in the Saturdays 10pm timeslot. The drama is based on the 2013 Ukranian drama "THE SNIFFER" which achieved the highest drama ratings in Russia within the last five years, had been shown in more than 60 countries and won many awards at various TV drama festivals overseas. The Japanese remake version will feature new cases and characters which do not appear in the original.
Abe plays the role of Hanaoka Shinichiro, a police detective nicknamed Sniffer who relies on his strong sense of smell to solve cases while Kagawa plays his buddy Komukai Tatsuro who works with him to solve strange and difficult cases. Abe commented that he is in the midst of thinking of how to project his character who relies on his nose to conduct the investigation and he hopes to make this drama as interesting as possible. Although the Japanese version is a remake, he also hopes to make it as good as, if not better than the original even though it is going to be challenging. As for Kagawa, he jokingly said that the selling point of this drama is that Abe is going to be like a police dog who has a good sense of smell and can speak words like a human being who can solve cases quickly.
Co-stars include Igawa Haruka who plays Suenaga Yuki, an otolaryngologist who is secretly in love with Hanaoka, Itaya Yuka who plays Katayama Emi, Hanaoka's ex-wife and Yoshiyuki Kazuko who plays Komukai's mother and is an original character in the Japanese version. There will be guest stars in each episode.
Filming begins from the end of July to October in the Kanto area.
Masahiro Matsuoka to star in TV Asahi 2016 Fall drama
TOKIO's Matsuoka Masahiro will be taking on the lead role in the TV Asahi Autumn 2016 drama "Kaseifu no Mitazono" (Male Housekeeper Mitazono) which will begin its run from October in the Fridays 11.15pm timeslot. He plays the role of a super housekeeper named Mitazono Kaoru who belongs to a housekeeper agency and can handle all types of housework and cook well. While working at the families he is dispatched to, Mitazono comes to know their secrets and problems. He sets out to destroy their interpersonal relationships so that their families can be rebuilt after the issues are resolved. In the drama, there will also be useful housework tips introduced which will be of help to viewers.
The popular "Kaseifu wa mita" series by TV Asahi had featured Ichihara Etsuko (1983 to 2008) and Yonekura Ryoko (from 2014) while Matsushima Nanako's 2011 NTV drama "Kaseifu no Mita" achieved high ratings. With regard to that, Matsuoka said that he wouldn't let the preceding dramas' success weigh him down and will do his best as the dark housekeeper Mitazono. He also commented that this will be a refreshing experience and is looking forward to the start of the filming from early September.
Sources: Nikkansports / Sanspo / Yomiuri Hochi / Sponichi / Oricon
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 11:17 pm Post subject:
gaijinmark wrote:
He can cook? i love JDramas 2016 it's why all about foods! lol
i also like Masahiro, i remember saw him on some dramas like one with Mikako Tabe
Eiichi Funakoshi to star in NTV 2016 Fall drama
Funakoshi Eiichiro will be starring in the upcoming Yomiuri TV & NTV Autumn 2016 drama "Kuroi Juunin no Onna" (Ten dark women) which will begin its run from 29 September in the Thursdays 11.59pm timeslot. The drama's concept was based on the same-titled 1961 movie directed by Ichikawa Kon and will be re-written by comedian Baka Rhythm. Funakoshi will "inherit" the leading role of Kaze Shokichi from his father Funakoshi Eiji who took on the same role in the movie. The drama depicts how Kaze who is a married drama producer with a beautiful wife, continues to play the field and gets into a messy web of relationships with various women who engage in a battle for his affection.
Narumi Riko plays the role of Kanda Kumi who works as a receptionist at the TV station and is Shokichi's 9th lover who has been seeing him for half a year. One day, she receives a call from an unfamiliar number and is called out to meet Yukino Kayo (Mizuno Miki) who is a stage actress and has been Shokichi's lover for 8 years. Through the conversion between Kayo and Yagami Miwa (Sato Hitomi), Kumi finds out another shocking truth and a big secret about Aiba Shino (Triendl Reina) who is selected to be part of the cast for Shokichi's new drama. Due to the jealousy enveloping Shokichi's wife and 9 lovers, they start to toy with the idea that Shokichi should be better off dead thus leading the situation to head for an unexpected development.
Tasuku Emoto to star in TBS 2016 Fall drama
Emoto Tasuku will be starring in the TBS Autumn 2016 late night drama "Kokku Keibu no Bansankai" (Police inspector Cook's dinner party) which will begin its run from October in the Wednesdays 12.10am timeslot. He plays the role of Kokku Hoshimitsu, a police detective who has the cooking skills of a professional chef and invites suspects to dinner where he tries to uncover the culprits for the cases he is investigating. Kokku feels strongly about how murder suspects can get away scot-free and continue eating their favourite foods so he recreates the food that the victims had eaten so as to help him find clues in seeking the real culprits.
Kojima Ruriko will be playing a newbie police detactive Nanase Azumi who works together with Kokku. This will be her first appearance in a drama. In addition, Kokku's rival Nekota Norio will be played by Enari Kazuki while Fuji Mariko will play the director of the criminal investigation department and thinks highly of him.
As this is Emoto's first leading role in a drama, he said that he didn't think he would ever play the leading role so he is quite uneasy and worried although he's also eagerly anticipating this. He also thinks that it will be a fun experience working with people he had never met before such as Kojima, Enari and Fuji. As for Kojima, she commented that she's feeling 85% worried and 15% excited about her drama debut and had aspired to be a police detective at one time. She hopes that she will be able to enjoy the filming experience 100% by the end. Enari revealed that he's been a fan of Emoto and hopes to put in his all with his co-stars and crew for this drama.
Source: Eiga.com
Aoi Morikawa to star in NHK premium drama
Morikawa Aoi will be starring in the new NHK BS Premium drama "Princess Maison" which will be shown in the Tuesdays 11.15pm timeslot from 25 October. The drama which consists of 8 episodes, features Morikawa as a 26-year-old woman who earns JPY 2.5 million annually and aims to buy a high-rise apartment of her own. This will be Morikawa's first leading role in a NHK drama.
"Princess Maison" is based on the same-titled manga by Ikebe Aoi which is published on Shogakukan's free manga site "Yawaraka Spirits" and features Morikawa as the heroine Numagoe Sachi who aspires to live in a high-rise apartment in Tokyo and will go to visit the gallery of new high-rise apartments on her off-days. While surrounded by couples and families at the galleries, Sachi is serious about the viewings and asks in-depth questions to the staff who finds her mysterious. The drama will reveal why Sachi wants to buy her own apartment and is bent on getting a high-rise one in Tokyo.
In this era where the rate of single Japanese women in their 20s is more than 60 percent and the average marriage age for women is 29.2 years old, the percentage of single women in their twenties is a mere 12.7% as most women tend to do so at an average age of 36.8 years old. While working in an izakaya and with no plans to get married, Sachi wants to get her own home which is reflective of the current trend.
Morikawa commented that when she was asked what is the biggest thing she must face up to, she cited a house since she is living alone and that's the most important thing which will support her. In addition, as buying a house is usually the biggest purchase in a person's life, she hopes to be able to learn how to live with other people around her and form meaningful connections with them rather than just pick up knowledge on how to buy a house through the filming of this drama.
Sources: Sponichi / My Navi / Oricon
Aoi Nakamura to star in TV Tokyo 2016 Fall drama
Nakamura Aoi will be starring in the TV Tokyo Autumn 2016 drama "Sennyuu Sousa Idol Deka Dance" (Undercover investigation idol Police Detective Dance) which will begin its run from 8 October in the Saturdays 12.20am timeslot. This will be Nakamura's first leading role in a TV Tokyo drama since 2014's "Nazo no Tenkousei".
The comedy features an idol group named Deka Dance which consists of undercover police detectives who hide their identities to become idols and solve cases which happen in showbiz. Nakamura plays the role of a newbie police detective named Tatsuya Sumire who is assigned to join the group and tries his best to be an idol star while wearing flashy costumes and being part of a group with a funny name. Nakamura commented that he is looking forward to sparks between him and his co-stars during the filming and will aim to be a national idol during the drama's broadcast period.
Sources: Yomiuri Hochi / Oricon
Takanori Iwata to star in TBS Fall 2016 drama
Iwata Takanori who is a member of both EXILE and Sandaime J Soul Brothers, will be making his first appearance in a TBS drama through the upcoming Autumn 2016 drama "Suna no Tou ~ Shirisugita Rinjin" which will begin its run from October in the Fridays 10pm timeslot. The suspense drama which features Kanno Miho as the heroine Takano Aki, describes how she tries to protect her family from her strange neighbour Sasaki Yumiko (Matsushima Nanako) as she struggles with class differences and harassment after moving into a new high-rise condominium complex. Iwata plays the role of a gymnastics coach Ubukata Kohei who is a childhood friend of Aki and happens to teach her daughter Sora at the children's class so the two are reunited after a long time. In actual fact, Aki and Kohei both came from the same town and she was his first love. While seeing how tired and stressed Aki has become after moving house, he tries to provide support to her but has a hidden side which is unknown to her.
Iwata commented that it will be a very stimulating experience to be able to work with his seniors in acting like Kanno and Matsushima so he is eager to learn from them and feels honoured about being allowed to take part in this drama. As for his character Kohei, Iwata described him as a cheerful young man but has a traumatic experience due to a setback suffered in the past so he hopes to be able to show the delicate and hidden side of Kohei in this drama.
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Takasu Emoto to star in NHK drama Special
Emoto Tasuku will be starring in the new NHK drama SP "Scrap and Build" which will be shown at 9pm on 17 December. The drama which is based on the same-titled Akutagawa Award-winning novel by Hada Keisuke, features Emoto as the leading character Kento who is a 28-year-old unemployed young man who sees no hope in his future. He used to work in a company but quit because he didn't like the work and is studying hard now to pass the administrative scrivener exam while trying to find another job. However, he has no luck in securing a new job. Meanwhile, Kento lives with his mother and his 87-year-old grandfather who needs to be taken care of. Despite not suffering from any illness and is relatively healthy for his age, Kento's grandfather has mobility problems and keeps saying that he's better off dead. Although Kento is fed up with his grandfather's lamenting, he suddenly comes to realise that he has never paid attention to his grandfather's feelings and that actually stems from his own unwillingness and selfishness to treat other people sincerely.
While grappling with this newfound realisation, Kento confides in his friend Daisuke who works in the welfare industry where the latter suggests that the welfare workers should not go beyond their means to care for those who need help as it can make the patients to lose the will to move and cause the deterioration of their mind and body. Kento resolves to help his grandfather by knowing when to stop so that he will be able to face impending death in a peaceful manner. During the tug-of-war between them, Kento finds out about a huge secret which leads the situation to head for an unexpected ending.
Filming began at the end of August and will wrap up in Osaka by November. Co-stars include Yamashita Rio, Asaka Kodai, Akimoto Sayaka, Asaji Yoko and Yamaya Hatsuo.
Sources: Sponichi / Oricon
"They're real and they're spectacular"
Toshiaki Karasawa and Masataka Kubota return in NTV Fall drama "THE LAST COP/Last Cop"
Karasawa Toshiaki and Kubota Masataka will be back in the NTV Autumn 2016 drama "THE LAST COP / Last Cop" which will begin its run from 8 October in the Saturdays 9pm timeslot. Before the start of the drama, "episode 0" will be shown at 9pm on 3rd, 10th and 17th September. The series began as a drama SP in June last year and was the first private network series to be shown on Hulu for six consecutive weeks.
During the open filming recently, Karasawa held a surprise birthday celebration by bringing a birthday cake and present for Kubota who turns 28 on 6 September. When asked what present he had got for Kubota, Karasawa grinned and said that it was a secret while Kubota commented that he will be looking forward to opening the present later. Karasawa added jokingly that it is a present which only men will know the meaning. Kubota expressed his appreciation for the celebration and will work hard in return for the kind gesture.
The drama describes how Karasawa's character Kyogoku Kosuke, a police detective during the Showa era who wakes up from his 30-year coma, teams up with his Heisei era colleague Mochizuki Ryota to solve cases. As it's been a long time since they met up, Kubota commented that it was not difficult to get back into the groove of things since the cast and crew are about the same as one year ago.
"episode 0" is a recap of how Kyogoku and Mochizuki became buddies and what had happened so far in addition to new revelations and a surprise announcement. Kubota commented that compared to when the drama was shown on Hulu, they will have to spend more time and energy on the filming this time so they will try their best to eat nutritious food and put up a good performance. Although the drama is heavy on the comedy aspect, the story's serious aspect is also highly valued so it is important to strike a balance between the two. In response to Kubota's comments, Karasawa praised him for being so good with words despite his young age and joked that he can't remember when he was first able to speak in such a comprehensive manner since he only thought about how to do his work.
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Q: Parsing json with gson and java I am struggling to parse a json output with Java and gson, but I am really stuck.
I would appreciate any suugestion.
This is my sample JSON file:
{
"sportId": 29,
"last": 26142386,
"league": [
    {
        "id": 1833,
        "events": [
            {
                "id": 383911973,
                "starts": "2015-01-22T21:00:00Z",
                "home": "America de Natal",
                "away": "Barras",
                "rotNum": "901",
                "liveStatus": 0,
                "status": "O",
                "parlayRestriction": 0
            },
            {
                "id": 383911974,
                "starts": "2015-01-22T21:00:00Z",
                "home": "Baraunas RN",
                "away": "ASSU RN",
                "rotNum": "904",
                "liveStatus": 0,
                "status": "O",
                "parlayRestriction": 0
            }
        ]
    }
  ]
}

My target is to a make a 2-dimensional array (or something similar) of the form:
leagueId, eventId, home, away
------------------------------
   1         1       a    b
   .         .       .    .
   .         .       .    .
  etc       etc     etc   etc

in order to insert the data in a MYSQL table.
I have write the following classes:
public class Fixtures {
int last;
int sportId;
ArrayList<Leagues> league = new ArrayList<Leagues>();

public ArrayList<Leagues> getListOfLeagues() {
    return league;
}

public int getSportId(){
    return sportId;
}

 public int getLast(){
    return last;
 }

}

public class Leagues {
int id;
ArrayList<Events> events;

public int getLeagueId(){
    return id;
}

 public ArrayList<Events> getListOfEvents() {
    return events;
 }

}

public class Events {
int id;
String home;
String away;

public int getEventId(){
    return id;
}

public String getHome() {
    return home;
}

 public String getAway() {
    return away;
 }

}

and
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
Fixtures fixture = gson.fromJson(jsonsource, Fixtures.class);
System.out.println(fixture.getSportId());
System.out.println(fixture.getLast());

ArrayList<Leagues> Leagues = fixture.getListOfLeagues();

Dont know how to proceed :(

A: The real answer here is to not do it this way.
Have you looked at Hibernate? It's like Entity for C#. It allows you to interact with your relational database as an object oriented entity structure, which is how we're used to thinking about things.
Typically, when you have a set of data as input and need to put that data in a database, you need to make a few considerations:

*

*Does my input properly represent how my data is stored?

*Does my relational model (database) represent how my data is used?

*If one or both of these is a "no", can I change either of them to make them true?

If your model is good and your input is good (which your input looks fine), then you should have no need to put your data into an intermediate layer, you should be able to loop over the applicable fields and put the data in your database. If you can't do that, I'd recommend restructuring your database. Again, I know this is kind of a sideways answer, but you did ask for suggestions :)

A: Try jackson to parse JSON to java object, you get some help from here where a similar JSON was parsed to couple of java objects.
JSON parsing example using jackson
Try it and let me know if you find any issue.

A: Ok, I figured out how to do the iteration:
 for (Leagues leg : Leagues) {
        System.out.println(leg.getLeagueId());
        ArrayList<Events> Events = leg.getListOfEvents();
        for (Events event : Events) {
            System.out.println(event.getEventId());
            System.out.println(event.getHome());
            System.out.println(event.getAway());
            System.out.println(event.getStarts());
        }

    }

Thanks all.

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