#professor 731

[de-righty]

Nasty piece of work they were

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Once I had a dream where someone came into a cafateria that in dream logic I knew was the protagoniat.

They sat down at the table and an option box came up asking them if they would like to consume the cursed pasta. They picked yes.

A deep creepy voice - slow but powerful - started on the whole "I am thou ,thou art I." And followed it with something like " I am the flying spaghetti monster. Our selves made one, joined by the pasta within you that is of me." And so forth

The text box then told the protagonist that they had made a pact with the flying spaghetti monster.

I joked with my friend that I now knew what the persona 6 protagonist would be summoning, and mostly put it out of my mind, and remembered it again with the persona six news.

Looking up stuff about pastafarisiam (which I didn't really know anything about at the time) "Thou shalt have no other monsters before Me." (Suggestion 1:1) suggests maybe it wasnt a protagonist I was dreaming about. Or maybe that you can't fuse the flying spaghetti monster based on the rest of that quote "The only Monster who deserves capitalization is Me! Other monsters are false monsters, undeserving of capitalization."

I'm surprised with the emphisis on pirate's, it doesn't show up in one peice. It would be funny. Though a fan creator named Sirkrookodile created The Kami Kami no Mi, Model: FSM. I suppose Luffy has a fundamental food diffrence to pastafarianisms.

I am a little reminded about the naruto fanfiction "the book of Naruto" on fanfiction where Naruto becomes the ramen god, and people especially Hinata are praying.

Naruto has some odd fandom religions. Another one that comes to mind is "the log" by "ThatReallyReallyWeirdDude".

I'm getting pretty derailed from the intent. Thats partly the point, as I read about about Unit 731 on Wikipedia. Something about world war ii has people doing fucked up nightmarishly horrible shit to other people, and while that does add some context to ficitonal scientists like Hojo its 3:20 am, and I would like to be distracted from that, sorry.

Back to the flying Spaghetti monster, I don't think I'm into the party culture of FSM heaven or hell, but I do like their quote about joining their religion

"Go ahead. Try us for thirty days. If you don't like us, your old religion will most likely take you back."

Its quotes are great actually

"I'd Really Rather You Didn't Use My Existence As A Means To Oppress, Subjugate, Punish, Eviscerate, And/Or, You Know, Be Mean To Others. I Don't Require Sacrifices, And Purity Is For Drinking Water, Not People."

I have no idea if it will show up in persona 6, but if the flying spaghetti monster shows up, someone please tell me, because that eould be really funny, and I dreamed it years ago.

[hexbees]

Draco notices you

pairing:: oblivious!nice!draco x slytherin!reader

summary:: you had shared potions with draco since first year but he doesnt notice you until sixth word count:: 731 a/n:: no voldemort so no oncoming war! dracos just a dumb dumb and oblivious. no use of y/n!

Stress burrowed its way into your brows as you stepped into Slughorns NEWT potions class. You scored an O on your OWLs and only feared the amount of work you'll have to put into the next exams. Ranking high in your year has always been important, not only to you but your parents as well. The thought alone is enough to settle a hunch on your shoulders. 

You at least felt good about being able to pick the table directly in the middle row, as not all the students had arrived yet. Slughorn was drowning on his greetings from his podium as the room filled. By the time your advanced potions book was situated perfectly center in front of you most spots had been taken besides the one left empty at your table.

When you felt the stool move back as the professor started his introduction it didn't even interest you to see who you’d be stuck with. It had never mattered in the past, you'd even lucked out with lab partners, most people adjoining themselves to their friends. It wasn't until Slughorn finished his speech that you'd taken the time to check what other sixth years had made it into the course. Only a few you could place names on; Harry potter (of course) and his red-haired friend. While most Slytherins had a vendetta against the young wizard he’d only ever been kind to you, so you sent him a smile that he returned with an awkward wave.

“Are you friends with Potter?” The voice came from your side, held a curious tone and sent pinpricks across your skin.

“No, actually. Just being kind.” You didn't take the time to look, you barely recognized the voice and it's not like you had real friends. Especially none that would be in this class with you.

“You're a Slytherin?”

That caught your attention. Six years at Hogwarts and it still surprised people that you could be naturally nice, it was almost aggravating. While most Slytherins dove straight into the stereotypes and embraced them, you never found the time. It took effort to be rude and even more effort to be a typical Slytherin bully.

“Mm” You hummed, finally turning to face the person. “As are you, Malfoy.”

His head tilted the slightest and his lips tugged loosely at the ends. He thought it was cute you’d still be kind while also being a little condescending.

“Are you new?” His pale eyebrows furrowed a little. He genuinely has never seen you before, at least he didn't think he had.

“Nope.” You let it fall from your mouth in the same tone as before, “I sat behind you in potions the last five years, actually.” It wasn't unusual for most students to be unaware of your presence. You'd flown under the radar most years, avoiding drama and parties. You'd spent time studying and reading for fun more than you did conversing amongst everyone else.

His brows only furrowed deeper, “Surely I'd remember that.” You could practically hear the gears screeching as they spun in his head, “Wait,” he snapped his fingers and smiled. If you looked close enough you could see the small dimple that adorned his cheek cutely. “You beat out Granger for, like, every potion assignment. Snape loved you.”

His statement brought your mood up just a bit as you smiled at him, bringing your hands together in your lap.

“Good to know my intelligence precedes me.”

His smile never faltered as he chuckled. “I can't believe we’ve never interacted before” His hair fell to the sides as he shook his head, almost in disbelief. 

Slughorn gained attention of the class again and before you knew it you had your first homework assignment at the top of your mental list while packing up your bag.

Draco tapped two fingers on the table in front of you, smiling when you looked up at him with a hum.

“I’ll see you at lunch?” He questioned, “I sit at the end closest to the professors table.” He made it sound like an invitation and you nodded your head quicker than you'd ever admit. His smile only grew at your response as he nodded back.

As you rose to your feet and followed the last of the students through the threshold of the class you couldn't help the giddy smile breaking out across your face.

[theultimatesexypeopleshowdown]

[sekisho-seiichi]

春日神社、芝山

Inscription on memorial to the war dead at Kasuga Shrine, Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, donated to the shrine by Ishii Shiro.

I think I might get the dubious honour of being the first person to post about this in English. The small town of Shibayama, literally next door to Tokyo's Narita Airport, under its former name of Kamo was the hometown of Ishii Shiro and his family, and during the war years he recruited a large number of people from the village to work at Unit 731 in the interests of maintaining loyalty and secrecy. Today little trace of that history remains, unsurprisingly, but at a small local Shinto shrine named Kasuga Shrine we find one piece of literal hard evidence, in this inscription on a memorial stone for war victims which clearly states it wad donated to the shrine by Ishii Shiro.

The big text reads 忠魂碑, approximately "for the consolation of the loyal spirits", and then in the smaller text on the left we clearly see 醫學博士石井四郎, "professor/doctor of medicine Ishii Shiro" (the first two characters are unsimplified forms of 医学, this was almost certainly erected long before the end of ww2.).

Photos are mine from when I went to have a look around immediately after arriving into Narita Airport one day.

[art-of-manliness]

Podcast #914: Set Your Future Self Up for Success

As you move through time, you exist as a present self who makes decisions, an in-between self who should carry out those decisions, and a future self who will benefit from those decisions. Yet as we all know, in-between self often fails to follow through on what present self resolves, leaving future self pretty bummed out. The solution to this dilemma, my guest says, is for your present self to become much better friends with your future self. His name is Hal Hershfield, and he’s a professor of marketing, behavioral decision making, and psychology, and the author of Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today. Hal and I spend the first part of our conversation taking a really interesting philosophical dive into what the self even is. We talk about why our future self can feel like a stranger, why it’s hard to know what he’ll be like, and what this dilemma has to do with becoming a vampire. We then discuss how building a stronger connection with your future self makes your present self more willing to help him, and how you can become closer to your future self by engaging in mental time traveling. Hal shares a couple techniques that can facilitate this mental time travel, three mistakes people make in taking this cognitive trip, and how to start making tomorrow better today. Resources Related to the Podcast * “The Self Is Moral” by Nina Strohminger * Transformative Experience by L. A. Paul * Yuta Chishima and Anne Wilson on writing a letter to and from your future self * The End-of-History Illusion * stickK.com * AoM Podcast #731: A Futurist’s Guide to Building the Life You Want Connect With Hal Hershfield * Hal’s website * Hal’s faculty page Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) Listen to the episode on a separate page. Download this episode. Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice. Podcast Sponsors Click here to see a full list of our podcast sponsors. Transcript Coming Soon The post Podcast #914: Set Your Future Self Up for Success appeared first on The Art of Manliness. http://dlvr.it/Ssg5vg

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I’m watching a 70s mecha anime called Groizer X, named after its titular mech, but its Brazilian dub, that’s for some reason named Space Pirate. I’m actually impressed by the kind of themes the story approaches, which makes it stand out for a Go Nagai side project. Under more because I’m also talking a bit about politcses.

Basically, a scientific mission from Gaira crash-lands in Antarctica and they’re put on cryo-sleep until their homeworld gets the distress signal. The nuclear weapons, however, disturb their sleep and they wake up earlier and the first thing the leaders decide to do is to conquer Earth with their superior technology and maybe or maybe not use Earth enslaved labor to build up technology so they can return home. They also kill all those who oppose, only the scientist’s daughter Rita escaping with their most powerful weapon: Groizer X, or Space Pirate.

The Gairans also elect Japan to be the most dangerous nation (since Space Pirate flew there) and decide to attack it. Now Rita has to join forces with the Japanese and their main pilot, Joe Kaisaka and use Space Pirate to fight against the Gairans.

What calls the attention most is how the Gairans operate like an imperialistic group. Most of them are on board with the conquest plans, but others are just into it because if they aren’t, they’ll be killed.

Rita decides to refuse joining their imperialistic ambitions and pays for it. While she gives them Space Pirate and co-pilots it, she’s not someone with military training. She also has to deal with the fact she won’t be accepted by some humans; after a Gairan attack on Japanese farms, with the objective of harming their food supply, the main Japanese scientist’s nephew loses both his parents. When Rita is outside, reflecting on this, the boy goes to her, says he knows who she is and will never forgive her – and, even if Rita wants to be kind to him, this isn’t solved in the same episode.

In the recent episode I watched (the 7th), the Gairans concoct a psychological plan to bring Rita back to the empire, by sending her ex-boyfriend to convince her. He hijacks a TV station, killing two employees to send her a message that briefly convinces her and she steals Space Pirate because she trusts him to be a good person and his offer to return to their homeworld and leaving Earth alone. When she's about to meet him, she receives a message from the professor that he killed two employees to send the message. When she confronts him about this, he regrets that he had to do and says he's fully on board with their imperialistic ambitions and their belief that they're superior to humans and even shoots down the Joe's plane (who had gone after her) and gives her an ultimatum; she refuses, saying humans and aliens are the same, and then they engage in a dogfight, but both really don't want that and, in the end, the he allows himself to be defeated by her and dies.

70’s mecha anime villains have a tendency to be empires – like the Dinosaur Empire in Getter Robo, the Vegans in Grendizer – and there’s argument to be made that they represent the fact Japan was an imperialistic country itself. The Dinosaur Empire, for example, used Unit 731-like tactics in the manga. So I can see how they’re trying to come to terms with the truth that their country had a terrible past and how they could overcome it. Rita makes a point to say that the Gairan Empire is based on kindness and justice, just like Earth and humanity. This also makes sure the Gairans that are attacking Earth are just the worst there is and, in their homeworld, they aren’t different from humans, implying that in a better future both species can be friends.

It's interesting that the series had a Brazilian release. It was probably picked randomly by the distributor, but the themes can resonate in a Third World country that has to deal with imperialistic concerns, both in the direct (open influence) and indirect (“we have devised this plan to help you, don’t mind that there’s no input from your nationals”) ways (because this is something I study in my research).

The series is made by Go Nagai as well, and we know he wasn’t one to shy away from approaching political issues in his work; but he also had the talent and ability to do it in an engaging way. Plus, the theme song is good, quite nostalgic with its 70’s energy and I think one can watch without thinking of the subtext.

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LMAOOOO they really are just a bunch of silly yokai vying for your attention,,, like “your laundromat is neutral ground BUT YOU LIKE US BETTER THAN THEM RIGHT. RIGHT”

UHH it depends on if you consider mandarin and hokkien separate languages bc if you then that makes 4 languages yea DJDNDJ i wanna learn more languages in the future too but i wanna fix up my mandarin first lmao

REAL THOUGH LIKE theres 3 japanese people in into1 AND THATS NOT COUNTING THE OTHER 2 THAT GOT RIGGED OUT,,, cfans dont seem to hold the ww2 atrocities against individual japanese people, more of the government and certain places (ie that shrine in japan that commemorates their ww2 soldiers. a chinese actor took a selfie there once and instantly got blacklisted)

I MEAN 😭 everything is cheap here because our economy is in shambles so 😭😭 but i do agree that our food cant be beat just *chefs kiss*

LMAOKDJDKD groveling rihi is just so entertaining to me like yea big tough guy!! but also absolutely folds if you dont give him attention every 5 minutes

but yea xikers is fun!! theyre all younger than me so i baby them a lot. and they recently released this absolutely TERRIFYING horror content and i felt terrible bc one of them got so scared he started CRYING i must protect

plsss companies suck ;; trcng is already kinda free from TS but ghost9 is still in maroo’s basement,, ALSO YES HES IN MONOTREE

AND YOURE SO RIGHT y/n CAN DO THAT SO TRUE,,, princess peach yudai,,, now thats an art prompt

LMAODKDJDKDJDN OMG OK SO LOWKEY,,, A PROFESSOR OF MINE HAS RAGGED ON DJS TOO MUCH LMAO,,, im from an art school and so we tend to have very. unique people. and my professor was like “i can excuse furries but i draw the line at djs” AND NOW EVERY TIME I SEE NISHI DJ I REMEMBER THAT LINEJDNDJD but im sure y/n is very happy LMAOKDJD

YES you keep giving them cop out answers like "yeah idk" or even worse the "you guys both suck" but they're going to get an answer out of you some day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and also i just realised what this au entails when you put 97-99s as kitsunes bc kitsune ren is so right in my head it's just so. it makes so much sense. it's so real. oh my god. it's so factual. every time he walks in he deviously pilfers something from under your nose and when he leaves he WILL put it in the tip jar size be damned

if you try telling me anything in hokkien i won't understand anything so i'll quantify it as a separate language :rofl: languages are so cool though!!!!!!!!!! my friend's viet and she keeps teaching me random phrases like "hey girl", "i love you", and "oh my god" LOL. you can do it!!!!!!! mandarin i think is the easiest to learn from the chinese branches like. for what reason does cantonese have like 6 tones my days

you know what fair. my japanese teacher once said that the history books in japan, fully regulated by the government, are pretty heavily tilted on a bias towards themselves so kids don't get taught things like the nanjing massacre or unit 731. also THERE WAS RIGGING ofc there was rigging act shocked! and yeah my dad was telling me about the shrine when the actor got banned lmfao.... he was not impressed

SACRIFICES MUST BE MADE i'm pretty sure all of the currencies are weaker than the main western powers like the british pound and american dollar so sea keeps getting a bunch of weird tourists who think they can exploit the people there. but i think theyre fighting back by putting a tourist tax of double price LOL. kind of unrelated but i keep getting malay singapore beef on my insta fyp. it's so funny and i'm not even a citizen of either country. sometimes you just need to bring up the ringgit to inflict ultimate damage

damn it you have to feed your big clingy cat guy!!!!!!!!!!! he desires attention!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also i think you get unintentional scary dog (cat) privilege like no way am i going to do smth devious with him hanging off your shoulder

WHAT he started crying............. was he ok................... free my bro.................... also i swear having idols debut younger than you is such a reality check to how old you're getting LMAO there was this 14 (!!!!) year old aussie olympian who won gold in skateboarding........ like i was NOT winning the olympics at 14.

ts ent was so horrendous i can't believe they did all of their groups that badly.... bap copped it so bad. thank god theyre a thing of the past...... hopefully ghost9 can escape the dungeon omfg. AND AHHHH MONOTREE hwang hyun is doing so much justice for onf its crazy!!!!!! and it's always a bit of a relief when you see them on the track list of some mini album lmao

love yn theyre so cool to me. and also IT IS. hes so pretty he would pull it off so well. truly smth to consider

YOURE FROM AN ART SCHOOL damn ok i see who im talking to. dont mind me and my piddly attempts at drawing please /j but FR thats HILARIOUS literally just people who dress up as anthropomorphic animals are ok i GUESS but god i cant STAND the bluster and swagger of those noisy musical "artists"

[my-travelstories]

Yasukuni Schrein & Museum

Diese Woche habe ich den Yasukuni Schrein und das dazugehörige Museum besucht. Es war etwas was sowieso auf meiner Liste stand, und da mein Professor diese Woche in Deutschland ist und ich nicht so viel auf Arbeit zu erledigen habe dachte ich ich besuche den Schrein während meiner Arbeitszeit.

Für alle denen der Yasukuni Schrein nichts sagt, es ist der wohl kontroverseste Schrein Japans, da in diesem Schrein viele der Militärskommandanten der imperialen Armee Japans verehrt werden - obwohl diese Kriegsverbrechen begangen haben wie die Teilnahme an dem Nanjing Massaker, Missionen in der Mandschurei, oder Mitglieder der Unit 731. Erst vor zwei Jahren gab es einen internationalen Aufschrei als der damalige Premierminister Shinzo Abe den Schrein besuchte. Innerhalb Japans ist der Schrein allerdings gar nicht so kontrovers wie er für praktisch alle anderen Staaten ist. Das liegt daran das die kriegsgeschichte und Japans Rolle im zweiten Weltkrieg, sowie im sino-japanischen Krieg, sehr anders innerhalb Japans aufgearbeitet und dargestellt wird. Ich denke dieser Besuch des Schreins und des Museums ist das erste mal das ich wahnsinnig frustriert mit der Aufarbeitung und der Bevölkerung bin.

Da ich bereits zu dem Therma der Trostfrauen meine Arbeit schreibe und ich weiß wie sehr Japan seine eigene Rolle im zweiten Weltkrieg negiert und Geschichtsrevisionismus betreibt hatte ich erwartet das das Musaeum keine akkurate Darstellung der Kriegsgeschichte liefern würde. Dennoch hat es mich mehr schockiert als ich dachte, Kriegsverbrechen wurden praktisch gar nicht erwähnt. Oder umbenannt zu "Strategien oder Vorfällen". Die Ermordung von 300,000 Menschen und Vergewaltigung von 80,000 Frauen werden gar nicht erwähnt, stattdessen liest man in der Beschreibung das es sich dabei um chinesisches Militär in ziviler Verkleidung hielt und diese deshalb streng verfolgt wurden - ein Statement was bereits in der direkten Aufklärung nach Nanjing eindeutig wiederlegt wurde. Diese Art der Beschreibung zug sich durch das gesamte Museum, Opferzahlen wurden dabei nicht einmal gennant - sattdessen gab es einne starken Fokus auf kleine und individuelle Angriffe auf die japanische Armee welche als rechtfertigungen für die starken Rückschläge genutzt wurden. Auch die Annexion Koreas wurde als "fairer Prozess mit gemeinsamen Gesprächen beschrieben" da soll mal jemand erklären wie eine Annexion gleichberechtigt sein kann.

Aber all das hatte ich erwartet, was ich nicht erwartet hatte war die fast schon positive Darstellung des zweiten Weltkrieges, die kurze Beschreibung zu Deutschland welche hieß "durch starke Maßregelungen der anderen Staaten gab es für Deutschland keine andere Möglichkeit in den Krieg zu ziehen" und die darauffolgenden Statements inwieweit Japan Deutschland unterstützte. Auch wenn die Ausstellung auf Japan und seinen kriegerischen Handlungen lag gab es in dem gesamten Teil der Ausstellung zum zweiten Weltkrieg keine einzige Erwähnung des Holocaust. Ich hatte das Gefühl Hitlers Handlungen wurden fast als gerechtfertigt angesehen. Gegen Ende des Museums wurden dann auchnochmal die Tokioter Prozesse angesprochen - allerdings wurde keiner der Texte zu den Anklagen übersetzt. Außerdem gibt es eine Ehrentafel für einen der Richter der Prozesse, welcher kritisierte das westliche ehemalige Kolonialmächte die Prozesse in Japan hielten. Der japanische Staat allerdings interpretierte diese Aussage so, das die Kriegsprozesse ungerechtfertigt und nicht notwendig waren und nutzt dieses Narrativ um japanische Kriegsverbreche weiterhin zu negieren und Geschichtsrevisionismus zu betreiben.

Ich war mit einer amerikanischen Freundin in dem Museum, welche "criminal justice & international relations" studiert, wir wussten also beide wo Informationen ausgelassen oder gänzlich anders dargestellt sind. Aber der Schock für mich wie der zweite Weltkrieg dargestellt war war nochmal ein ganz anderer. Sie meinte das viele Museen in den USA ja auch diesen patriotischen Faktor haben - auch wenn nicht mit einem so intensiven Geschichtsrevisionismus. Aber als deutsche, welche sich sehr viele Museen zum zweiten Weltkrieg angesehen hat fand ich eine solche Darstellung extrem befremdlich und um ganz ehrlich zu sein auch echt verstörend.

[de-righty]

Ah, Professor 731, my beloved warforged If I had a coin for every time the amount of hands in my character designs was -slightly- off, I would have about 4 coins Which is honestly a good number

[roscoebarnes3]

Natchez Historical Society announces 2024 Annual Dinner Meeting

David Nolan, professor Mississippi State University

The Natchez Historical Society will hold its 2024 annual dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Natchez Grand Hotel, 111 N. Broadway St. Reservation and payment deadline is January 14. For the first time, payment will not be accepted at the door. Registration and cash bar will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m.

David Nolen, professor and associate dean for Archives and Special Collections at Mississippi State University and former Librarian of its Grant Library, will be the featured speaker. He will speak on the topic, “Catching the Rabbit: U.S. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign.”

Reservation and payment may be made online at natchezhistoricalsociety.org; or send payment by mail to Natchez Historical Society, P. O. Box 49, Natchez, Miss. 39121. Please include names and phone numbers with checks.

Dinner is $37 per person (regular and vegetarian options available). Membership dues for 2024 also may be included: $20 per person or $35 per couple. For more information, call 281-731-4433 or 601-492-3004.

[nkengdi]

Deaths On This Day – December - 22

Pre-1600

AD 69 – Vitellius, Roman emperor (b. 15)

731 – Yuan Qianyao, official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty

1012 – Baha' al-Dawla, Buyid amir of Iraq

1060 – Cynesige, Archbishop of York

1100 – Bretislav II of Bohemia (b. 1060)

1115 – Olaf Magnusson, King of Norway (b. 1099)

1419 – Antipope John XXIII

1530 – Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (b. 1470)

1554 – Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (b. 1498)

1572 – François Clouet, French miniaturist (b. c. 1510)

1601–1900

1603 – Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)

1641 – Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1560)

1646 – Petro Mohyla, Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)

1660 – André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)

1666 – Guercino, Italian painter (b. 1591)

1681 – Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)

1767 – John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)

1788 – Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)

1806 – William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)

1828 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)

1853 – Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)

1867 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)

1870 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)

1880 – George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)

1891 – Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)

1899 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)

1901–present

1902 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)

1915 – Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)

1917 – Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)

1918 – Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)

1919 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)

1925 – Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)

1939 – Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)

1940 – Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)

1941 – Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

1942 – Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)

1943 – Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)

1944 – Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)

1950 – Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)

1957 – Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)

1959 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)

1960 – Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)

1962 – Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1891)

1965 – Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)

1968 – Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887)

1969 – Enrique Peñaranda, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1892)

1971 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)

1974 – Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906)

1979 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902)

1985 – D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958)

1986 – Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)

1986 – David Penhaligon, Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro (1974-1986)

1987 – Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)

1988 – Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)

1989 – Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

1992 – Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907)

1992 – Frederick William Franz, American religious leader (b. 1893)

1993 – Don DeFore, American actor (b. 1913)

1995 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)

1995 – James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)

1996 – Jack Hamm, American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916)

1997 – Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)

2001 – Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981)

2001 – Walter Newton Read, American lawyer and second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (b. 1918)

2002 – Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (b. 1929)

2002 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

2004 – Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)

2006 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)

2006 – Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)

2007 – Charles Court, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1911)

2007 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932)

2009 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)

2009 – Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)

2010 – Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)

2012 – Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916)

2012 – Ryan Freel, American baseball player (b. 1976)

2012 – Cliff Osmond, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

2012 – Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian physician and politician (b. 1939)

2013 – Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

2013 – Hans Hækkerup, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)

2013 – Oscar Peer, Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)

2014 – John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924)

2014 – Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963)

2014 – Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)

2014 – Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

2015 – Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)

2015 – Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)

2016 – Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)

2017 – Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)

2018 – Simcha Rotem, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (b. 1924)

2018 – Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami

2019 – Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1931)

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COMUNICADO: Alteração do cronograma do PSS 731 - Professor

COMUNICADO: Alteração do cronograma do PSS 731 – Professor

A comissão do Processo Seletivo Simplificado 731/2022, TORNA PÚBLICO: 1) A prorrogação do dia  para divulgação do resultado provisório e; 2) Novo período para interposição de recurso de resultado provisório. Confira o novo cronograma – clique aqui 

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Get yourself someone who loves you as much as books about Italian literature loves Dante.

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your post about Shinzo Abe and his death was a while ago now but its honestly darkly funny how Western democracies like the United States slap ourselves on the back for winning World War II and freeing Europe and Asia from fascism and then the actual history is 'long list of Axis Power criminals (including literal perpetrators of the Holocaust and Unit 731) getting their asses saved by the U.S. and having long lives as useful assets' (in fairness the USSR did it too, but its still depressing)

Yeeep. Studying modern Japanese history and US-Japan relations is incredibly depressing, especially once you learn that the reason the atomic bombs were dropped was to force a Japanese surrender before the USSR deployed troops in the Pacific theater (since the war in Europe was done). If they had made landfall, Japan would have been split like Germany was. Instead, the US had sole occupation post-war.

(Every professor or lecturer I ever heard on this topic has been extremely blunt about that.)

The US sure as hell knew about the atrocities being committed overseas. And the fascists never entirely went away; they just got hired instead.