January 11th, 2008

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Tell us about your New Year. Add a picture.
How did you spend your New Year?

1. I ate oseti and went to toudai-ji in Nara park to pray can live happily this year.
There were many people who celebrate of the New Year and a lot of Yatai I enjoyed them.

Hogmanay is the name for New Year in which country?

Scotland
In which city is the New Year’s Day parade held? Can you find a photo of this year’s parade?

JRR Tolkien’ birthday. He wrote The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion
Whose birthday is on January 3rd, and what famous book did he write?

Guru Gobind Singh‘ｓ birthday.
Whose birthday is on January 5th? Why is this person’s birthday in a British calendar?

Birth of Elvis Presley, he is famous as asinger.
Whose birthday is today (January 8th)? What is he famous for?

The Islamic New Year begins on the day Prophet Muhammad left Mecca to travel to Medina in 622 CE. It is the first day of the month of Muharram.
What is Al Hijra and why is it on a British calendar?

Robert Scott and his party reached the South Pole
Who reached the South Pole in 1912 on January 17th?

Birth of AA Milne, she wrote Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.
Whose birthday is on January 18th? What famous book did he write?

Sir Winston Churchill died on this day in 1965. He famous as a a British politician.
Who died on January 24th, 1965? What is he famous for
What do you think about this calendar?

I think it is interesting becaue we can learn memorial day and histrical person everyday .
Find an interesting news article and blog it.

Separated twins married and had to break up
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080111/tuk-uk-britain-twins-fa6b408_2.html
Twins who were separated at birth and raised by different families met later and married but were forced to break up when they discovered their true identities, a peer said on Friday.

5.Visit some of your classmates’ blogs and either leave a comment, or write a comment on your blog.

MARINKO MARINKO
I ate tosikosisoba too. It is good thing that spend a time with family on new years day.

December 21, 2007

Find a Christmas photo and put it on your blog.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/negrokan/1376201049/
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Christmas photo.

What is a nativity play?
A Nativity play or Christmas pageant is play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus. It is usually performed at Christmas, the feast of the Nativity
What is a Christmas carol?
A Christmas carol is a carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter season in general. They are traditionally sung in the period before Christmas.

What is a pantomime?
A pantomime is a traditional British Christmas play it is an important part of Christmas festivities. In pantomimes the male roles are often played by women and female roles by men. This makes the audience laugh more.
Pantomimes traditionally start on Boxing Day and run for two or three months in theatres around the country.
What are mince pies? A photo of one
Mince pies are an essential part of Christmas. They are small pies, usually between 2 and 3 inches in diameter (5-7.5 centimetres), filled with mincemeat The filling is a mixture of raisins, sultanas, apricots, glace cherries, candied citrus peel, apples, various types of nuts and mixed spices typically nutmeg and cinnamon.
Mince pies should traditionally have a star on top, to represent the Christmas Star which some believe led the shepherds and Magi to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
Mince pies became a regular part of Christmas celebrations as early as the 16th century. At that time, they contained quite a bit of shredded meat in addition to the usual melange of dried fruits.

Photo of a Christmas pudding.

Photo of a Christmas cake.

What are Brussels sprouts? Photo of some.

The Brussels sprout is a cultivar group of Wild Cabbage cultivated for its small (typically 2.5 - 4cm, 1 - 1.5 inches diameter) leafy green heads, which resemble miniature cabbages. The name stems from the original place of cultivation, not because of the vegetable's popularity in Brussels.

Visit your classmates’ blogs and see their Christmas card. Which is the best? Vote on your blog.

I like http://kuromi-mickey.blogspot.com/ 's photo, https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Qv5cMG3KuxpLaiEAcpPKo7hNbMlnUEn1q2b4PrqZKlIaDUgpdvCj94GFpBBtSLAnVxisTzUaF9hdMNCCP9F3C6MqxCJCkUmUSWKPI4qful-NtpxP0nhbFduyows8P573dxrONWrNBXgp/s1600-h/280px-Buchedenoel.jpg because it is looks like real wood which made of cake.

Lonely Canadian shocked to get $85,000 phone bill
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071213/tecnology/tech_phonebill_col/tecnology/tech_phonebill_colnews.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071213/tecnology/tech_phonebill_col

I watched a movie "I AM LEGEND". It was fun fun fun ! and exciting !

http://iamlegend.warnerbros.com/

December 14th 2007

Amnesty International's log


1.http://my-loversinger-pusim.blogspot.com/
文が短文ずつで読みやすかった。

3. Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity.We have more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions and we coordinate this support to act for justice on a wide range of issues.
4.
(1). Two news articles about Ikhtio Khamroev ; in English
http://www.protectionline.org/Ikhtior-Khamroev-acts-of-violence,5634.html
and in Japanese
http://blhrri.org/kokusai/sos/sos_3903.html
(2).Uzbekistan map ;
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/travel/dg/maps/7c/750x750_uzbekistan_m.gif
(3). I can not decide yes or no, because I do not know detail about the article, which is not shoun many.
1. The news involved with NGO, UZBEKISTAN police and civic group so it is complicated, difficult to get some informatins about this.

2.Because, the articlee is about human rights, it is important for us but not interwsting for reader.

4. Ikhtior Khamroev was arrested in unconstitutional, after that was beaten and injured in prison. Amnesty International tried to save him. And Bakhtior Khamroev thanked Amnesty International members for theirsupport.

5. I didn't know the blog of another Japanese person in the US. Masa is a Japanese and lived in Nara so I had alittle affinity with her. Idid not know that American people usually take 4 days is thanksgiving it is sounds fun. I would like to go to San Francisco.

December,7th, 2007

Image:The Golden Compass

Image:Beowolfposter

Old English

Oxford map1
(1). Beowulf
The cast is Ray Winstone (Beowulf), Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Angelina Jolie (Grendel' mother) and so on.
Story, in the age of heroes the mightiest warror of them all, Beowulf. After distroing the overpowering demon Gerngel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuind epic battle resonates throughout the age, immortalizing the name of Beowulf.
Unkile anything you will see this year, Beowulf represent a decade long quest for New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman.
This film is Real D, Doldy Digital 3d and IMAX 3D "Beowulf" .
Crew who made "300" and "Road of the Ling".

(2).THE GOLDEN COMPASS
A young student, Lyra Belaqua (Dakota Blue Richards), begins a mighty journey to save the universe after learning that a valuable microscopic particle is under attack. Based on the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
Director is Chris Weitz, Robert Shaye
Writer is Chris Weitz, Tobias Emmerich, Paul Weitz
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The Golden Compass http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/
Beowulf http://www.beowulfmovie.com/

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1. Beowulf is Ray Winstine
2.This movie is based on Old English poem.
3. Old English was spoken Anglo-Saxson at now England and southern Scotland in between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century?

4. photo ; http://www.rado.sk/old_english/
5.You can listen to Old English; http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7VTH8ii_8

6. First battle: Grendel. Second battle: Grendel's mother. [edit] Third battle: The dragon.
In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, battles three antagonists: Grendel, who is attacking the Danish mead hall called Heorot and its inhabitants; Grendel's mother; and, later in life after returning to Geatland (modern southern Sweden) and becoming a king, an unnamed dragon. He is mortally wounded in the final battle, and after his death he is buried in a barrow in Geatland by his retainers.

7. After the final battle against the dragon, Beowulf receives fatal wounds and dies.

8.The director isGraham Baker. I like " THE OMEN ".

9.Ray Winstin

10. The Golden Compass is a fantasy film based upon Northern Lights

11. Philip Pullman's trilogy . His Dark Materials
12.Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra Belacqua, Nicole Kidman as Marisa Coulter,Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel, and Ian McKellen as the voice of Iorek Byrnison and so on.
Story; The story concerns Lyra, an orphan living in a fantastical parallel universe in which the dogmatic dictatorship of the Magisterium threatens to dominate the world. When Lyra's friend is kidnapped, she travels to the far North in an attempt to rescue him and rejoin her uncle

13. it is shown first line.

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The Bodleian Library
The Clarendon Building (often used as a set for film and television)
The Radcliffe Camera (one of several institutions named after John Radcliffe)
The Sheldonian Theatre
The Oxford University Press

15.　Chris Weitz 　MR.AND MRS. SMITH

16.Dakota Blue Richards

（1）NICOLE KIDMAN　"Others "

17. Several key themes of the novels, such as the the rejection of religion and the abuse of power in a fictionalized Catholic Church, were diluted in the adaptation.

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November 16th, 2007

3. What is November 11th called in Britain?

Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day.

(1) Who lays a wreath?

The Queen lays the first wreath .

(2)Where?

At the Cenotaph.

(3)Why?

Because to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts.

(4). How many years is it since the end of World war one?

This year Remembrance Sunday fell exactly 89 years after the ending of World War I, Armistice Day.

(5). What is the red flower?

Poppy

(6). Why is this red flower used on November 11th?
On 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One. After end of the war, there was complete advastation and everything disappeared. Where once there were homes and farms there was now a sea of mud - a grave for the dead where man still lived and fough. Only one other living things survived. It was poppy. Then John McCrea scribbled down the poem "In Flanders Fields". It was the poppy things. The poem published. And the poppy became a popular symbol for soldier who dead in battle.

4. What happened on November 6th in London?

.State Opening of ParliamentOn the day of the Opening, the Queen travels from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in the Stage Coach . Once the Queen arrives at Parliament the union flag is lowered and replaced by the royal standard. One of London’s most timeless ceremonies, dating back 700 years is the ceremony of the keys which takes place at the Tower of London.

5. What happened on November 10th in London?

The Lord Mayor’s procession winds through nearly 800 years of London’s history, marching unscathed through everything .The modern procession is over three miles long – 1.3 miles longer It is London’s grandest firework display at 5 o’clock from a barge moored in the Thames between Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges.

(6)What is the Mayor’s name?
Mayor's name is David Lewis.

In the middle of the First World War, he was caught by enemy and escaped fortunately. By accident He hid in a farm where woman who will be his wife in the future lived. After the war, they married. I thought is casual meeting is wonderful like a romance and love story.