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One of the strangest events takes place around Akita.  It is called Namahage.  Namahage is a traditional culture in Akita prefecture.  The main event of namahage is very terrible for children.  The frightfully dressed men portray Namahage equipped with masks, knives and traditional capes made of straw during a New Year's ritual of the Oga peninsula. On New Year’s Eve, they march along a street and make inhabitants go back to their homes. Then they visit houses door to door, scolding children who may be guilty of laziness or bad behavior. The Purpose of Namahage. One of the purposes is to advise children to obey their parents and to behave themselves.  They say  "Are there any crybabies around?" or "Are naughty kids around?" in the local dialect.  If parents want Namahage to encourage or tell off their children by giving a specific original way, parents can ask them in advance to give special lessons to their children.  It lasts until children heavily cry or leave their house. Some researchers suggest that it relates to a belief in deities to take away bad luck and bring fortune for the new year. Meanwhile, others say it is an ancient agricultural custom. The Actors Getting Older. Oga Peninsula’s one is the most famous and was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property by the country in 1978.  It was once carried out in most villages on the peninsula, but gradually decreased.  According to Oga City, nearly half of the town associations didn’t hold festivals in 2011.  Therefore, they established a subsidy system for the neighborhood association in the next year.  Its aim is to motivate people to implement Namahage, to inherit the tradition. Nevertheless, only six local associations revived Namahage at the end of last year.  The biggest reason is the decrease in the number of young people who play the leading role.  So even 70s villagers are dressed up as Namahage.  Some citizens are concerned that the custom will inevitably be lost in the long run. Covid19 Circumstance. This year, because of covid-19, almost all
Just Dance is a video game series made by Ubisoft. "Just Dance" was named after a song sung by Lady Gaga. The first "Just Dance" was released in 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia. Gameplay. "Just Dance" is a motion-based video game. One to four people can play it. Players dance along to a song, and follow the dances on screen as if they were looking in a mirror. Players get more points when they follow the dance moves more closely. Starting in "Just Dance 2", players get stars for every 2000 points they get. In each song, there are also moves called Gold Moves. If a player does a Gold Move correctly, they get a lot of points. If they do a Gold Move incorrectly, they do not get any points. At the end of the song, whoever has the most points is the winner. Main series. There are 16 games in the main "Just Dance" series. "Just Dance". This is the first game in the series. It was released on November 17, 2009. It has songs by MC Hammer, The Beach Boys, Iggy Pop, Baha Men, Spice Girls, Gorillaz, and others. "Just Dance 2". "Just Dance 2" was released on October 12, 2010. The second installment was the first and only installment to date with up-to 8-player sessions. It has songs by Kesha, Outkast, The Pussycat Dolls, Wham!, Avril Lavigne, Mika, Rihanna, and others. "Just Dance 3". "Just Dance 3" released on October 7, 2011. The third installment was revealed at Ubisoft E3 conference, on June 6, 2011. It was the first installment of the "Just Dance" series on Xbox 360 (with Kinect support), and PlayStation 3 (with PlayStation Move support). It has songs by Jessie J, Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, a-ha, Robin Sparkles, Lenny Kravitz, The Black Eyed Peas, and others. "Just Dance 4". "Just
Gen Hoshino is a Japanese singer-songwriter. His songs are very famous and used in various TV shows. Meanwhile, he has been famous for his acting in Japanese dramas and films. He also improves his career by publishing some books and broadcasting his own radio channel. Therefore, he has been rewarded for his efforts with gaining his fame.  Personal Information. He was born in Saitama Prefecture January 28th, 1981. His blood type is AB, and his height is 1.68m.  He started his career as a musician in 2000. These days, not only as a musician he does well, but also as an actor. His music agent is Amuse, and his acting one is "Otona Keikaku". His music genre is J-pop, folk and dance. He usually sings but sometimes plays the guitar and marimba.  Career. He has been a member of Sakerock which consisted of his friends from his high school since 2000. He played the guitar and marimba there, but this instrumental band was dissolved in 2015. Then he continued his music career as a solo artist. He became a well-known artist by his 8th single song, “SUN.” Because of this song, he took part in "Kohaku Uta Gassen", which is broadcasted on New Year’s Eve in Japan every year. Later, he acted in various Japanese dramas and films. For example, “The Full-Time Escapist” was famous for the story, actors’ acting skills and his song, “Koi.” In this TV drama, he was one of the main casts.  Acting. His first drama acting was “Water Boys” in 2003, but he wasn't a main character. When he acted as the main character for the first time, he appeared on “Dr. Storks” in 2015. The story of this drama was the life of doctors who worked at obstetrics. Next year, 2016, he acted as a single man, "Hiramasa Tsuzaki" who employed a housekeeper. This drama was “The Full-Time Wife Escapist” and
Higashine city is one of the cities of Yamagata prefecture in Japan. It is on the border of Yamagata prefecture and Miyagi prefecture and it is basin. In February 2020, 47,910 people lived there. The size is 206,94 square kilometer. Higashine is especially famous for many kinds of fruits.  Sightseeing There is an airport called ‘Oishi Yamagata airport’ built in 1964. There were charter flights from Taiwan until 2019 and many Taiwanese visited Higashine city by boarding them.  There is a big old tree called ‘Okeyaki’ at Higashine elementary school. The age of it is said to be more than 1500 years and it has been designated as a national nature treasure.  Higashine onsen is famous for relaxing. There is also a foot bath in the onsen street. Their hotels are also used for many kinds of gatherings like after the coming of age ceremony.  Marathon competition called ‘Sakuranbo Marathon’ is held every June. It started in 2002. Anyone can join it , so many people from all over Japan, about 9000 people ran in the race in 2019. Runners can choose to run from 3km, 5km, 10km, and 21km, so it is easy to join even from children to a wide range of ages.  Fruits Higashine city is famous for some kinds of fruits and is called ‘kingdom of fruits’. Its early summer cherries are very popular. Higashine grows the most cherries in Japan and one of the breed, ‘Satonishiki’ was born here. Satonishiki was born in 1928. And now ‘Higashine Sakuranbo’ was classified as GI (geographical indication) in 2017 and it is found as a gift. There are reasons this city is suitable for growing cherries. There has not been so much rain and sunlight time in June. Also the drainage is good and the temperature is suitable. That is why the environment is the
Tamagotchi is a brand of handheld digital pets. It was released in 1996. It was created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai. It is a strategy game. The main characters are also called Tamagotchi. The Tamagotchi are electronic pets, and the player takes care of them as part of the game. A new version of "Tamagotchi" was released in 2020. Gameplay. The player uses the handheld device to take care of the fictional pet. The player can feed it or let it go hungry, train it or abuse it. The tamagotchi will grow up strong, weak or run away depending on how the player acts. Anime. In 2009, Tamagotchi got its own anime. History. The first "Tamagotchi" was released in 1996 as a mobile digital pet. This game became popular in Japan. From 1997 to 1998 other types of Tamagotchi game were released. About 40 million games sold around the world. In 2004, "Tamagotchi"' became popular again. The 2004 version of the game had infrared communication. The 2006 version could connect with mobile phones and personal computers. In 2006, a "Tamagotchi"-themed school game was released. In this game, the player could make a class using a communication function. In 2007, Tamagotchi started to live with its family in the device. In 2008, the game was released with a colored screen and download items and mini games. In 2012, the communication function was made more complicated. By country. The "Tamagotchi" has stayed popular in Japan, but in the West it is sometimes popular and sometimes not. Bandai America sells "Tamagotchi" in a larger package in the United States because they want the buyer to believe it is worth the price, US$59.99. Other content. There are also "Tamagotchi" arcade games, animations, movies, comic books, books, and apps.
Costco Wholesale Corporation (), which is Costco for short, is an American operator of discount stores known as warehouse clubs or wholesale clubs. Abundance of products are sold with deeply discounted prices to club members who need to pay annual membership fees. Costco is based in Issaquah, Washington and one of the largest retailers in the world. History. Costco has a history of over 40 years. Date back to 1976, Sol Price, a pioneer in warehouse club retailing, opened the first Price Club which an airline hangar was remodeled in San Diego, California. In 1983 Jeffrey H. Brotman and James D. Sinegal opened the first Costco in Seattle, Washington. Ten years later, The Price Company and Costco merged into Price/Costco. They changed it into Costco Wholesale Corporation on October 30, 1999. Costco spread and was constructed in several countries, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Far East, and Australia. Warehouse. In warehouses, gas stations are in most, pharmacies, hearing aid centers, optometrists, eye and sunglass centers, photo processors, and tire garages. In some countries, there are liquor stores. There is a mechanism for Costco. When you enter the warehouse, employees check a membership card. Shopping carts that are used in warehouses are large in size and the paths inside stores are wide so that shopping carts pass easily. Conveyor belts are utilized at checkouts. They enable cashiers to check out mass products smoothly. They don't provide plastic bags, so their own bags or cardboards are needed. After that, employees check recipes to prevent shoplifting and mistakes at the cash before exiting the store. Products. A variety of products are sold on Costco. For example, groceries, appliances, automotive supplies, sporting goods, jewelry, housewares, health and beauty aids, garments, furniture, office supplies. Products are usually available only in bulk quantities. In addition, there are seasonal products and high quality national and regional brands, and inventory is updated constantly. in addition, it sells Kirkland Signature products such as juice, cookies, coffee, housewares, luggage, garments, and detergent which are Costco's brand. Kirkland
Kana-Boon (stylised in all-caps) is a Japanese rock band. They are from Osaka and now they live and work in Tokyo. They made their debut in 2013 and released a lot of mini CDs and albums until now. And there are many of their fans not only in Japan but also in foreign countries. Band members. Kana-Boon was formed by four members at first. They have the role of rhythm guitar and vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums. But it is now a three-piece band after some members left the band. Current members. Maguro Taniguchi is responsible for the vocals and the rhythm guitar. Hayato Koga is responsible for the lead guitar. Takahiro Koizumi is responsible for the drums. Previous members. Hiroaki Hirose was responsible for the bass guitar. Yuma Meshida was responsible for the bass guitar. Biography. Kana-Boon was formed by them in 2006 when they were high school students. After they graduated from high school, they began to work in earnest as a band in 2010. Hiroaki Hirose, the bass guitarist, left and Yuma Meshida joined in 2011. They were chosen for the Grand Prix out of 4000 bands in the audition in April 2012. They made their major debut from Ki/oon Music (music label) in 2013. Yuma Meshida left Kana-Boon in 2018. Discography. They have released many discographies for about 7 years since they made their debut. And they had already released self-produced records before the debut. These are some representative works. →Boku ga CD wo dashitara (2013, mini album)    DOPPEL (2014, album)    TIME (2015, album)    Origin (2016, album)    NAMiDA (2017, album)    Star Marker (2020, mini CD)    Torch of Liberty (2020, mini CD) Collaboration. They also have collaborated with some Japanese Animation, and these are some representative works
Narashino is a town in Chiba prefecture in Japan. Its population density is approximately 8000. It is the 4th largest city in Chiba prefecture. Geography. Narashino is in northwestern Chiba prefecture. Its population is approximately 170,000. The mayor of the city is Taisuke Miyamoto who was chosen in an election in 2011.  Food. Narashino sausage. During World War I, from 1915 to 1920, about 1000 German soldiers were captured as prisoners of war and taken to an internment camp in Narashino. The Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce took notice of sausage as a highly nutritious food at that time. Karl Jahn and other German prisoners had been sausage makers in Germany. The Japanese bureaucracy made these craftspeople reveal their secret recipe. That’s why Narashino city is called "the birthplace of the traditional process for making sausages." There are some traits of the Narashino sausage. For example, the sausage is free from additional food preservatives or artificial color and made from hog casing instead of sheep casing. They are served to schoolchildren for school lunch. Nature. Yatsu Higata. In the 1970s, most of the land near Narashino was built up due to economic growth, but the Minister of Finance kept one piece of land, a tidal flat, as it was. It was a rare habitat for migratory birds such as plovers and snipes. Water pollution and odor, however, became worse because of illegal waste dumping by people who lived nearby. Saburo Moritawho was a newspaper deliverer at that time. He started removing litters in order to clean up the tidal flat by himself. Eventually other people came to help him. They restored mud flat. This tidal flat was entered into Ramsar Convention in 1993. Now all of the elementary school students in Narashino have been to the area at least once. There is an observatory that provides visitors with information on the area. Celebrities. Daiki Arioka: a member of "Hey Say Jump" (one of the Johnny’s) Kazuya
Shirley Johnson (December 14, 1937 – January 14, 2021) was an American politician. She was a member of the Republican Party. Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan. From 1981 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998, Johnson was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. From 1999 to 2004, she was a member of the Michigan Senate. Johnson died on January 14, 2021 in Royal Oak, Michigan at the age of 83.
Gary Gensler (born October 18, 1957) is an American businessman and politician. He was the 33rd Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission from April 17, 2021 until January 20, 2025. Gensler was the 11th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Barack Obama from May 26, 2009 to January 3, 2014. He was the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance from 1999 to 2001. Gensler was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets from 1997 to 1999. On January 12, 2021, then President-elect Joe Biden nominated Gensler to be the 33rd Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On April 14, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 53–45.
Amy Renee Heidemann Noonan (born April 29, 1986), known professionally as Qveen Herby, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. She was a part of the pop music duo, Karmin. She has released ten EPs and one studio album. Career. 2010–2016: "Rising as Karmin". Qveen Herby began her musical career as a member of pop duo "Karmin", with her now-husband Nick Noonan. The pop duo was signed with Epic Records and released their debut extended play: "Hello", on May 7, 2012.  After the release of their debut EP, the pop duo released their full-length studio album called, "Pulses", on March 24, 2014. After the conclusion of promotion for their debut album, the pop duo left Epic Records and began releasing music independently. The duo released their second studio album, "Leo Rising", on September 9, 2016. 2017–2020: "Long Live the Qveen". In 2017, all of "Karmin"'s social media was rebranded to "Qveen Herby" and a small preview stating, "Karmin Is Dead, Long Live the Qveen." was posted. Qveen Herby formally announced her solo career as well as her debut extended play, "EP 1". Although her husband, Nick, was still involved in the project as a producer. The meaning behind her name is by combining her nickname, "Qveen", which was given to her in college, alongside with "Herby", the mascot of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, she later realized that ""Herby" means "Warrior"". After the release of "EP 1", Qveen Herby began releasing a series of extended plays, which in total consists of 9 EPs. Not only she released EPs, she also released and live EP, a single album, and a compilation in 2020. 2021–present: "A Woman" &amp; "Mad Qveen". After ending her series of EPs, she released
Dustin Neil Diamond (January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021) was an American actor, director, comedian, and musician. He was best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers in "Saved by the Bell". Diamond was born in San Jose, California. On December 26, 2014, Diamond was arrested in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin for stabbing a man at a bar. On May 29, 2015, Diamond was convicted of two misdemeanors and was sentenced to four months in prison. He served three months and was released on probation. In January 2021, Diamond was diagnosed with stage-4 small-cell lung carcinoma. He died from the disease while undergoing chemotherapy in Cape Coral, Florida on February 1, 2021 at the age of 44.
Sjarifuddin Baharsjah (16 May 1931 – 14 January 2021) was an Indonesian politician and academic. He was born in West Java, Indonesia. From 1993 to 1998, he was Minister of Agriculture. He was married to Justika Baharsjah.  Baharsjah died on 14 January 2021 in Jakarta at the age of 89.
Justika Sjarifuddin Baharsjah (born 7 May 1937) is an Indonesian activist and politician. She was born in Cianjur, West Java. She was Minister of Agriculture from March to May 1998. She also was Minister of Social Affairs from 1998 to 1999. She was married to Sjarifuddin Baharsjah.
Red River usually means one of the following: Red River may also mean: Mythology. The Red River in Chinese mythology, one of the four cardinal rivers which flows out of (the mythological) Kunlun Mountain range
Brawlhalla is a video game currently owned by Ubisoft, it has super smash bros type gameplay and has a player base of 50 million and climbing. In game purchases. This game features many in game purchases, a player can earn coins to unlock characters or spend money to buy them. Crossover Characters. There are alternate versions of characters that come from other franchises in the game.  Events and Competitions. There have been many competitions for Brawlhalla, cash prizes have been handed out and competitions are usually held often. Playability. Brawlhalla is playable on most devices and runs well on them all.
Trokosi is a ritual that is practised in parts of Western Africa, mainly in Ghana, Togo, and Benin, with traditional religions. In these religions, children, aged between 5 and 10 years are given to the priests, to "pay for" sins of the family or to ask for clemency of the gods. Most often, they are girls, boys are given only rarely. These children, who are also called Trokosi, have to serve the priests. They have to do hard work for the priests, and will not get paid for this work. They will also be exploited for sex. If a trokosi-girl dies or manages to flee, the family has to provide another girl.  All the countries affected made Trokosi a crime, which is punishable with up to three years in prison. Despite this, no case of Trokosi ever came to a court in one of these countries.
"'Cake Entertainment Limited" is an independent company specializing in the making of children's entertainment.
Verónica Boquete (born 9 April 1987 in Santiago de Compostela) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Associazione Calcio Milan of Serie A in Italy. She was international with the Spanish team, of which she became captain. Since February 2015, she has been a UEFA ambassador for the development of women's football, and since 2017 she has been part of the CommonGoal community of footballers, an initiative led by Juan Mata, also from Spain, who fights for the social reintegration of children in through the funds raised with 1% of the salary of the community footballers.
A personalized video game is a video game made for specific people, usually as a luxury gift. It can contain personal information of who the game is for. They are usually made for birthdays, anniversaries and engagement proposals. History. A short time after the video game industry started, personalized video games were first given as luxury gifts. In a well-known example, Kevin Smith gave a game to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez where Lopez must find and rescue Affleck from a kidnapping. Amuse Me, one of the first professional services, was started by Abdel Bounane in 2011. Games were made manually and cost up to $67,000. Florent Deloison, one of Amuze Me's game artists, said “Amuse Me makes personalized games in one’s image, like having your portrait made by a painter,”. TinglyGames, a developer based in the Netherlands, started Greeting Games in 2014. Users were able to customize and send casual games as e-cards themselves. Amelus Digital, an Australian game studio, started HEART2GAME in 2017. It manually makes games for multiple types of event. They only made games for romantic events until 2018. Petr Hudecek started Bday Game in 2018. It manually makes pixel-art RPG games. Freelance game developers offer cheap personalized video game services at places such as Fiverr.
The Simpsons Archive is a website made by fans of "The Simpsons". It has facts on episodes of the show. The domain name used to be snpp.com. SNPP is an acronym for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.  Matt Groening (creator of "The Simpsons") said in 2003 that the staff of the show would sometimes go to websites to get ideas. He said that "one of the best is www.snpp.com." He thought that fans on the website think "every episode is the worst ever."
Crimean Tatars (), are an East European people who are indigenous to Crimea, and mainly live there. Their native language is Crimean Tatar. Crimean Tatars follow Islam, and thus they celebrate most of the Muslim holidays. The Circumcision of boys called Sünnet is hold in a big ceremony . They have survived three occupations. First in 1783 when the Crimean Khanate, who was ruled by the Giray Dynasty, was annexed by the Russian Empire. This resulted in many Crimean Tatars fleeing to the territory of the Ottoman Empire during the late 18th to early 19th century. There descendants still live in Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. The second deportation of Crimean Tatars took place in 1944, organised by the Soviet government. Then, on 18 May and during several following days, over 191 thousand people were deported to Central Asia and some north-eastern regions of Russia. According to different estimations, the deportation took lives of from one-third to half of the Crimean Tatar population of that time. Having returned home after the deportation as Ukraine had become independent, Crimean Tatars were forced to leave their land again due to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014.