2/18/2010
WKD - Laozi and the Tao
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Laozi, Lao-tzu, Rooshi, Roshi【老子】
( pinyin: Lǎozi; Wade–Giles: Lao Tzu; also romanized as Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tsu, Laotze, Laosi, Laocius,
and other variations; fl. 6th century BCE) was a philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching (often simply referred to as Laozi).His association with the Tào Té Chīng has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of philosophical Taoism (pronounced as "Daoism"). He is also revered as a deity in most religious forms of Taoist philosophy, which often refers to Laozi as Taishang Laojun, or "One of the Three Pure Ones".
Laozi is an honorific title. Lao (老) means "venerable" or "old", such as modern Mandarin laoshi (老师), "teacher". Zi (子),
According to Chinese traditions, Laozi lived in the 6th century BCE. Some historians contend that he actually lived in the 5th–4th century BCE, concurrent with the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Period, while some others argue that Laozi is a synthesis of multiple historical figures or that he is a mythical figure.
A central figure in Chinese culture, both nobility and common people claim Laozi in their lineage. He was honored as an ancestor of the Tang imperial family, and was granted the title Táishāng xuānyuán huángdì, meaning "Supreme Mysterious and Primordial Emperor". Throughout history, Laozi's work has been embraced by various anti-authoritarian movements.
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There is a discussion at Haiku Foundation
- Beauty in Haiku -
Haiku need not dwell entirely on the dark or seemly, but just as too much salt spoils a meal, so does too much sugar.
As James W. Hackett has said in his guidelines for writing haiku,
“Lifefulness, not beauty,
is the real quality of haiku.”
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the haiku under discussion has been this one
鮟鱇の骨まで凍ててぶちきらる
ankoo no hone made itete buchi-kiraru
this angler fish
feeing chilled to the bone
is (finally) cut to pieces
Kato Shuson 加藤楸邨 Katoo Shuuson
(Tr. Gabi Greve)
The reasoning for my translation is HERE
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Anglerfish, angler fish (ankoo)
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TAO
Hua Hu Ching : Verse Forty-One
Good and bad, self and others,
life and death:
Why affirm these concepts?
Why deny them?
To do either is to exercise the mind,
and the integral being knows that
the manipulations of the mind are dreams,
delusions, and shadows.
Hold one idea, and another competes with it.
Soon the two will be in conflict with a third,
and in time your life is
all chatter and contradiction.
Seek instead to keep your mind undivided.
Dissolve all ideas into the Tao.
Translated by Brian Walker
http://www.cheraglibrary.org/taoist/hua-hu-ching.htm
Hua Hu Ching
The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu
ISBN 9780060692452
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Give me wise men's words
And the Goddess of Mercy
What more could I need
Pulled by Kuan Yin's gentle hand
The voice of Lao Tzu calling
- Shared by Res John Burman -
Joys of Japan, 2012
source : Tao and Zen, facebook
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白梅や老子無心の旅に住む
shira ume ya Rooshi mushin no tabi ni sumu
white plum blossoms —
Lao-Tzu dwells in a journey
of no-mind
. Kaneko Tohta 金子兜太 .
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11/24/2009
Jellyfish as KIGO
Daruma dances in the deep sea - what a sight ! |
Red paper lanterns, or aka-chochin, are a familiar sight on the city streets of Japan, where they typically hang at the entrances to cheap pubs, capturing the attention of passersby. The ocean, however, is home to a different variety of red paper lantern — an unusual species of deep-sea jellyfish.
Officially named Pandea rubra, the red paper lantern medusa (aka-chochin kurage) was first discovered in the Bering Sea in 1913, but details about its distribution and life cycle have long remained a mystery. In recent years, the creature has caught the eye of researchers at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) armed with high-definition video cameras.
Inside the transparent hood is a deep red colored mantle that can crumple up or expand like a paper lantern, hence the name. JAMSTEC researcher
Dr. Dhugal Lindsay is credited with coming up with the name.
Photo and Text source : pinktentacle.com
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te no hira no kurage ni chokumen suru medama
upon my palm
the jellyfish comes face to face
with eyeballs
source : Humour in Haijin Essay
Dhugal Lindsay, haijinx summer 2001
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アカチョウチンクラゲ Akachochin jellyfish 赤提灯クラゲ
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Dhugal J. Lindsay's Haiku Universe
I saw Dhugal in the haiku TV lesson of NHK,
where he introduced this amazing animal.
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Akachochin and Daruma san
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kigo for all summer
kurage 水母 (くらげ / クラゲ) jellyfish, Qualle, Meduse
(lit. water mother)
kurage 海月(くらげ) lit. sea moon
Fam. Cubozoa and Scyphozoa
akakurage, aka kurage 赤水母(あかくらげ)red jellyfish
Chrysaora melanaster
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Amakusa kurage 天草水母(あまくさくらげ)from Amakusa
Bizen kurage 備前水母(びぜんくらげ)from Bizen
Echizen kurage 越前水母(えちぜんくらげ)Echizen Jellyfish
andon kurage 行燈水母(あんどんくらげ)jellyfish like an andon lamp
Carybdea rastoni
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hikurage 火水母(ひくらげ)"fire jellyfish"
Tamoya bursaria
murasaki kurage 紫水母(むらさきくらげ)purple jellyfish
ibo kurage 疣水母(いぼくらげ)"jellyfish with warts"
ebi kurage 蝦水母(えびくらげ)"jellyfish like a prawn"
Netrostoma setouchianum
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tako kurage 蛸水母(たこくれげ)"jellyfish like an ocotpus"
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yuurei kurage 幽霊水母(ゆうれいくらげ)"jellyfish like a ghost"
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kigo for summer in Australia
moon jelly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_jelly
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kigo for early autumn
katsuo no eboshi 鰹の烏帽子 (かつおのえぼし)
denki kurage 電気くらげ(でんきくらげ) "electric jellyfish"
Portuguese man-of-war
Physalia physalis utriculus
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Portugiesische Galeere
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沈みゆく海月みづいろとなりて消ゆ
shizumiyuku kurage mizu-iro to narite kiyu
sinking down
the jellyfish becomes blue
and disappears
Yamaguchi Seison 山口青邨
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Along the sea of Ariakekai during the summer months, fishermen go after the Red Jellyfish. It is often eaten sliced and raw as sashimi, with a bit of grated ginger and soy sauce, even as a kind of raw "soomen".
nama kurage 生クラゲ raw jelly fish
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Other types of jellyfish are usually salted and dried.
shio kurage, shiokurage 塩くらげ salted jelly fish
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The Ariake Sea (有明海, Ariake-kai)
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11/10/2007
counting shadows
clear water of autumn - counting shadows counting fish |
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Join me on a slide show of Lake Okutsu .
(36 photos)
Slide Show, take your time to enjoy!
Water clears (mizu sumu) Water in Autumn (aki no mizu)
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Gabi
the first haiku in particular is just wonderful!
I couldn't resist sharing it with my esperantist friends:
aŭtuna lumo klara
nombranta ombrojn
nombranta fiŝojn
tr. Darlington
Hajko en Esperanto
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9/07/2009
pimento mori
Legend has it that when Roman Generals would triumphantly parade through the streets of the Eternal City, they would have a slave constantly whispering in their ear, "Remember, you are mortal; Memento Mori." The thought is echoed in classical antiquity, in Horace's ode to Leuconoe, "Seize the Day; Carpe Diem." I would have painted that but life is too short to paint smelly fish.. © Joe McFadden 2007 "Pimento Mori" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pimento mori - I snatch a laugh from the internet ピメント piment bellpepper, allspice pepper Piment, Nelkenpfeffer, |
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Reference : pimento
piiman ピーマン green sweet pepper,
pimiento, pimento
bell pepper, Capsicum annuum L. var. angulosum Mill.]
kigo for all autumn
. WASHOKU : Japanese Food Culture
VEGETABLE SAIJIKI
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6/20/2009
HAIKU KARUTA
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haiku karuta -
study your culture
while you play
KARUTA
card games with poems or letters to match an image.
KARUTA ... kigo for the New Year
HAIKU KARUTA 俳句かるた / 俳句カルタ
WASHOKU
Karuta with vegetables, fish and other food
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Oku no Hosomichi - Karuta 奥の細道かるた
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .
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Daruma Karuta 禅語かるた「だるま」
A set of karuta with Zen teachings, named DARUMA
from Hanasono Daigaku University 花園大学
source : www.zenbunka.or.jp/zenken
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12/25/2008
oseibo
My SEIBOO present 2008 A whole salmon from Hokkaido |
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KIGO : End of the Year Activities
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1/02/2007
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Amida Buddha 阿弥陀如来
Anemones ... アネモーネの朝露
..... Asian Haiku Trevelogue
China, Taiwan, Thailand and more .....
Autumn Days 。。。秋の天高し
Autumn Festival 2005 秋祭り、境神社
Autumn Flowers 2002 秋の花
..... Autumn Flowers 2005 雨粒と花 Raindrops
..... Autumn 2005
Autumn Leaves 2005 紅葉
Azalea and Shaka つつじとお釈迦様
Badgers / Tanuki in my Garden 2005 狸
Bamboo 竹の物語
Birds, our Birds 鳥 の話. Our Roof. 我屋根
Black Sheep 黒き羊
Bonsai 盆栽
Bridges .. 橋
Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 仏足石
Buddha's Voice Frog 仏の声の蛙
Buds in Winter 冬の命
..... Dry Flowers 冬の命
Camellia / Tsubaki 椿
Carpet Meditations 2007
Cats in Paradise .. O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん、猫の天国
Cat and the Mouse .. Fun with my Computer
CHINA 中国の旅
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: China
..... Autumn Memories Keilin, Guilin 桂林
Cicada Birthday 050725 蝉の誕生 semi セミ
Cold Morning 寒い朝、2006
Cooking a Cat ! 猫と一杯, 2005 夏
Cherry Blossoms <> Sakura .. 桜 桜 桜 2005
Cherry Blossom Lake Saigyo and our Lake 西行法師 2005
Cherry Blossom Road 桜道 2005
Chrysanthemums, Fireworks 花火菊 2005
Clouds in my Valley 谷に雲
Clouds after the Rain Chinese Ink Painting, July 2005 中国の墨絵
Clouds at Lake Tomada 雲と池の早春 2005
Cold coming back 寒戻り 2005年3月
Cold Samui 寒い朝 First time below zero, 2005
Cosmos Flowers コスモス、秋桜
Mt. Daisen 2005 , Beachflowers and WIND
Decoration Flowers Takahashi Temples, 0507
Dew Tsuyu 朝露
Dimensions ヂメンシオン
Fallen Leaves - Ochiba 落ち葉
First Snow .. 初雪 2005年
First Shrine Visit 2006 Hatsu Mode
First Sunrise 2005 .. 初日の出
Frankenfood, frankengrass, franken rice genetically modified problems
Ghost Stories お化けの話 :o)
Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) 背高泡立草
Graves in the Mist 霞に墓
Healing Power 癒しと俳句と祈り
Henro Pilgrims 遍路と無縁仏
Illusions with Fish 空想と魚
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: INDIA
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: JAPAN 1977
Jizoo 地蔵 .. a smiling Stone friend
Kannon, the Bosatsu of Mercy 観音菩薩
.. .. .. Horseheaded Kannon
.. .. .. Kannon in the winter sun, 2006
Karl the Froggie .. 蛙とカラー
..... Frog in Buddha's Eye 仏の目にカール君
KOAN and Haiku (01) .. 公案と俳句
KOAN and Haiku (02) .. Dreams 夢
KOAN and Haiku (03) .. Original face and Immortality
Koya-san in Wakayama .. Ginko .. Haiku-walk
Lake and Clouds 池と雲
Last Fudo Ceremony 2005 Osame-Fudo 収め不動
Lily, My Kannon-Lily 観音ユリ
..... July 2006 : Lily in the Rain 2006年の観音百合
Love ミモサと愛情 Mimosa
LOTUS 蓮、蓮華の花
Magnolia 木蓮 Mokuren
MANDALA .. Just the Beginning 。。曼荼羅
Medicine Buddha : Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来
.. .. .. .. Mimasaka Haiku
.. .. .. .. From the Province where I live in Japan.
..... Mimasaka, Postal Town of Doi: My Haiku Walk December 2006
美作市土居宿 , 出雲街道
Moss 石に苔
... Moss at Mt. Mitoku, October 2006
Mother, for my mother
Mountain Gods Yama no kami 山の神
Mountains smiling Yama Warau 山笑う
November 2006
Outhouse Joy ..便所の話
Peace, August 6, 2006 Introducing Okamoto Taro 岡本太郎と平和
Pine <> Matsu 松の木
Pottery and Haiku 焼物と俳句
Quietude and the Galactic Ant 静けさと蟻のクシャミ
..... The Sound of Wind, Sound of Clouds (essay) 風の音、雲の音、お茶の音
Rain dripping ..雨もまだ
Rain, Prayer of Rain on my roof 屋根に雨の祈り, September 2006
Rainy Season Tsuyu 梅雨さなかに 満福
..... Rainy Season, Whow ! July 2006 2006年のすごい梅雨
Reflections .. Graves in a mirror 。。田舎の墓
Sea of Clouds 秋の雲海、2005 Autumn
Shelter 仏様にまかせる。。。
Shintoo Shrine 神道と宮
Shiraishi Island, a Pilgrim's Path 。。。白石島の遍路道、June 2006
Silence 静けさ ... Silence 2005
Simple Daily Happiness 簡単な毎日の幸せ
SNOW
..... snowed in December 2005
Snowman Daruma, Yukidaruma .. .. 雪だるま
First Snow 2006
Spring 2006 2006年の春
Soaring Mind 鳶の話 Tobi
Spiders in Paradise 。。極楽の蜘蛛
Spring Weeds 2006, a HAIKU WALK 雑草の春の色
Stone Buddhas .. 石仏
... Amida Buddha
... Arhats in Stone 五百羅漢
... Buddha's Footprints (Bussokuseki) 仏足石
... Buddha's Voice (Shakyamuni)
... Azalea and Shaka (Shakyamuni)
... Horseheaded Kannon 馬頭観音
... Snow Night Meditation (Shakyamuni)
... Walking with the Gods 神様の散歩道
Stone Garden 石庭、小堀作
Stone Wall 我が家の石垣
............ SUMMER
Summer Flowers 夏の花々
Summer Iris 杜若
Summer Metamorphosis 夏の変化
Summer Morning 夏の朝、酔仙翁・スイセンノウ
Summer Sky 夏の空
Sunbeam for us all ! 皆のための太陽
..... Sunset in Pink, August 2006
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: TAIWAN
Tanada .. Terraced Rice Fields in my Area 大垪和の棚田
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao, Dao and Haiku 道教と俳句
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao of a useless tree
..... My Asian Haiku Travelogue: THAILAND
Tokei-Ji in Kamakura, January 2006
NEW in 2007: Travelogue through Asia
..... Photos and Haiku from my various trips. China, Taiwan, Thailand
Trees, my best friends .. 巨木
................................ Camphor Tree Kusunoki 楠木 くすのき
................................ Tao of a useless tree
Trumpet Creeper 凌霄花 のうぜんかずら
Tulips チューリップの嵐
Typhoon Tokage in Japan October 23, 2004 台風トカゲ
Typhoon Nabi 14 September 2005 台風14号
............................... Green Apples fallen by the typhoon 青林檎
............................... Humans Powerless Katrina 2005
Universe sparkles .. 宇宙の物語
Voice of Buddha .. .. Frogs Farting :o) 。。蛙の屁
Weeds, my Wonderful Weeds
Wild Boars Inoshishi 猪の訪問
Windows Temple Window Shapes お寺の窓の形
Winter 200/06, from December 2005 2005/6年の冬
Winter Wonders ..冬物語
Wisdom 知恵と無知恵
Woodpecker きつつき
Yin and Yang Cats ..陰と陽と猫
Zen Riddles with BEE ..ミツバチと禅
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Hundred Years with Haiku
Translation from Japanese Haikupoets older than 90 years
Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets
Saijiki for Buddhist Events .. 『俳句仏教歳時記』
Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage 四国遍路
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1/15/2008
diet
winter diet -
a bite of broiled fish
and miso soup
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2/28/2010
tsunami warning
tsunami warning
along the coast ...
everyone on the run
青森県太平洋沿岸 3m 28日13時30分
岩手県 3m 28日13時30分
宮城県 3m 28日13時30分
北海道太平洋沿岸東部 2m 28日13時0分
東京湾内湾 1m 28日14時30分
Tokyo Bay, about 1 Meter around 14:30
兵庫県瀬戸内海沿岸 0.5m 28日16時0分
Hyogo Prefecture
岡山県 1m 28日18時0分 Okayama prefecture
Okayama is in the yellow alert region.
http://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/tsunami/
Tsunami prediction in the Inland Sea area
The tsunami seems late and much less violent than predicted.
At 14:15, still not much happened.
At 14:37 Tsunami hight of 40 cm in Choshi,Chiba prefecture.
30 cm in Hokkaido, mostly 10 cm in the other costal areas.
at around 15:00
90 cm in Kuji, Iwate, Northern Japan. 久慈 岩手 , but the port seemed all quiet right now on TV.
at Hanasaki, Nemuro in Hokkaido, the houses along the port are slightly under water.
at 15:40
Kuji has 1.20 m tsunami,
Sendai has 90 cm tsunami
at about 17:00 again
Kuji has 1.20 m tsunami,
Sendai and others in Northern Japan have 90 cm tsunami
No major damage so far.
Peope stay evacuated on high ground in schools and community houses over night, it has been decided; food and bedding will be provided for them.
Roads and railways near the coast are all closed, no ferries are running ... every precaution is taken.
TV gives constant feedback about the situation along the coastline.
at 21:00
no major damage.
The tsunami seems to have reached 1.40 meters in Northern Japan.
Some rafts with oyster farming were floated and damages.
Roads under water, but no human damage, thanks to the vast evacuation procedures.
It all seems like a great training for the "real big one".
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Next Morning ...
HONOLULU – The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that "urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property."
But the devastating tidal surge predicted after Chile's magnitude 8.8-earthquake for areas far from the epicenter never materialized and by Sunday, authorities had lifted the warning after waves half the predicted size tickled the shores of Hawaii and tourists once again jammed beaches and restaurants.
Scientists acknowledged they overstated the threat, but defended their actions, saying they took the proper steps and learned the lessons of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami that killed thousands of people who didn't get enough warning.
"It's a key point to remember that we cannot end the warnings. Failure to warn is not an option for us," said Dai Lin Wang, an oceanographer at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii. "We cannot have a situation that we thought was no problem and then it's devastating. That just cannot happen."
Hundreds of thousands of people fled shorelines for higher ground Saturday in a panic that circled the Pacific Rim after scientists warned 53 nations and territories that a tsunami had been generated by the massive Chilean quake.
It was the largest-scale evacuation in Hawaii in years, if not decades. Emergency sirens blared throughout the day, the Navy moved ships out of Pearl Harbor, and residents hoarded gasoline, food and water in anticipation of a major disaster. Some supermarkets even placed limits on items like Spam because of the panic buying.
And in Japan, where authorities ordered 400,000 people out of coastal communities, the biggest wave was a 4-foot surge that hit the northern island of Hokkaido, flooding some piers.
Still, scientists offered no apologies for the warning and defended their work, all while worrying that the false alarm could lead to complacency among coastal residents — a disastrous possibility in the earthquake-prone Pacific Rim.
A similar quake in Chile in 1960 created a tsunami that killed about 140 people in Japan. The same surge hit Hawaii and devastated downtown Hilo, on the Big Island, killing 61 residents and wiping out more than 500 homes and businesses.
"If you give too many warnings and none of them materialize, then you lose your credibility," Wang said. "That's something that we have to deal with and we have to improve."
Eugene Okamoto, 33, said he came to Honolulu from Hilo to visit some tourist attractions with his father and was disappointed the two had to cancel their plans because of the evacuation orders.
But Okamoto said his family understands the tsunami threat better than most because some of his relatives lived through the tidal surge in 1960. They remember how the water was sucked down the beach moments before the wave hit.
"My uncle was on the top floor when all the water washed away and all the kids ran out to grab the fish and before they could get back, the wave came. He was way up top, he saw all his friends get washed away and none of them were found, ever," Okamoto said, as he sat with his father in a hotel lobby. "They did the right thing."
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Google Information: Chile Earthquake
Earthquake in Chile,
but even here the reverberations are awaitet later in the day
Magnitude 8.8
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTC
OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
This earthquake occurred at the boundary between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates. The two plates are converging at a rate of 80 mm per year. The earthquake occurred as thrust-faulting on the interface between the two plates, with the Nazca plate moving down and landward below the South American plate.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tfan.php
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SANTIAGO, Chile, February 27, 2010 (ENS) -
At least 85 people have been killed in an 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled central Chile early Saturday at 3:34 am local time, exposing 12 million people to strong shaking. The epicenter of the quake was offshore of the town of Maule at a depth of approximately 21.7 miles or 35 kilometers.
The quake has generated a tsunami and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has issued tsunami warnings covering most of the Pacific Ocean from Japan to New Zealand and from Mexico to Taiwan.
The tsunami "could cause damage along the coastlines of all islands in the state of Hawaii," said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. A wave as high as eight feet, or 2.5 meters, is expected to hit the Big Island of Hawaii beginning at 11 am local time.
Chilean President Michele Bachelet said there were more than 85 deaths in southern Maule region alone, and that the nationwide death toll is rising, but officials had no information on the number of people injured.
President Bachelet has declared a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile, where dozens aftershocks are continuing. Most are in the range of magnitude 5.0 to 5.9, but seven aftershocks were measured at more than magnitude 6.0, including one with a magnitude of 6.9 centered south of the original quake off the coast of the Bio-Bio region.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2010/2010-02-27-01.html
By now, 14:00 in Japan, more than 300 people are dead in Chile.
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Chile Earthquake 2010
After Yesterday’s Scare. Japan experienced a 7.0 earthquake off their coast yesterday, prompting tsunami warnings.
The Japan 2010 quake didn’t do any damage or hurt anyone as it was at sea; however, Chile was not so lucky.
Chile earthquake 2010 has shocked the whole world today.
http://showbiz99.com/tag/chile-earthquake-2010-a-bad-earthquake/
沖縄本島近海 Okinawa Main Island
マグニチュード 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake
at 5 this morning 2010年2月27日 5時37分
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7/13/2008
healthy food
healthy food
on our dinner table ...
life indeed
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It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best and more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow
learners...
God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!
God's Pharmacy! Amazing!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food. ( Tomatoes are best when cooked that is why the are categorized as lipophilic- their nutrional
value increases when cooked. Doc)
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs.
Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.
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