- 31. DECEMBER * Henri-Emile-Benoit Matisse *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:50
SUNSET-16:38
MOON-03.6DAYS

_ New Pyramid Found in Egypt: 4,300-Year-Old Queen's Tomb
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081111-new-pyramid-egypt.html

1869
* Henri-Emile-Benoit Matisse *
http://www.artpromote.com/henri_matissebio.shtml
http://www.sharecom.ca/greenberg/mb1.html

_ Henri Matisse
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UwH-eDyWm0k
_ Henri Matisse
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=mZttjNhhcgA
_ Henri Matisse Paintings
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=5uT1Bd--RSE

- 30. DECEMBER * William Eugene Smith *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:50
SUNSET-16:37
MOON-02.6DAYS

_ Ancient "Lost City" Discovered in Peru?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080116-lost-city.html

1918
* William Eugene Smith *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Eugene_Smith
http://www.rid.uscourts.gov/JUDGES/Smith%20Bio.asp
http://www.answers.com/topic/w-eugene-smith

_ W. Eugene Smith & Lead Belly
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=oDDvLLTDcKU
_ McCain Roasts Obama At Alfred E. Smith Dinner
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=uZXX9Wfl5S0
_ W Eugene Smith
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=jClRZeo5UaQ

- 29. DECEMBER * International Day for Biological Diversity *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:50
SUNSET-16:36
MOON-01.6DAYS

_ Huge Dinosaur and Pterosaur Found in Sahara
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081218-new-dinosaurs-photo.html

* International Day for Biological Diversity *
http://www.cbd.int/ibd/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_for_Biological_Diversity
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-day-for-biological-diversity
http://www.un.org/ga/president/57/pages/speeches/statement030522-Biodiversity.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/2429586742
http://www.ifad.org/media/events/2007/biodiversity.htm

_ nternational Day for Biodiversity 2008 in Serres, Greece
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ih_LGhEPC08
_ Agriculture and Biodiversity
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Y1pykU2TE
_ International Day of Biodiveristy Radio Show
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=wHntvOghV_c

- 28. DECEMBER * Linus Benedict Torvalds *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:50
SUNSET-16:36
MOON-00.6DAYS

_ Archaeologists have discovered silver coins
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/Italy-Greek-necropolis-photos/photo4.html

1969
* Linus Benedict Torvalds *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-TorvaldsL.html
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/article.php?id=99
http://www.linux.org/info/linus.html

_ Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8
_ The Origins of Linux - Linus Torvalds
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=WVTWCPoUt8w
_ Novell Linux, Mac, PC
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1RCg-Ccp0
_ IBM Linux ad: Prodigy
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=EwL0G9wK8j4
_ Novell Linux - Apple Ad Spoof (1st)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=rtp5gNhBZgo

- 27. DECEMBER * Peter Pan *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:49
SUNSET-16:35
MOON-29.4DAYS

_ Aptly patterned men perform the Wutu
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week111/photo2.html

1904
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, had its first stage performance
* Sir James Matthew Barrie *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404700461.html
http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=6613

_ Finding Neverland-High
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=aUKp6kHGFGk
_ JM Barrie's Peter Pan
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=w1nBoPweRUo
_ Peter Pan Trailer
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=TongJJMgBeY

- 26. DECEMBER * Henry Miller *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:49
SUNSET-16:34
MOON-28.4DAYS

_ NASA's space shuttle Endeavour, riding piggyback
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week111/photo4.html

1891
* Henry Miller *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Miller
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9052711/Henry-Miller
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hmiller.htm

_ Henry Miller
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=swzQPz8oB1w
_ Henry Miller - Bathroom monologue 1
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=4vgY--BpGIw
_ Henry Miller Family -- Home Movies
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2R2uMtT9-8

- 25. DECEMBER * Sir Isaac Newton *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:49
SUNSET-16:34
MOON-27.4DAYS

_ 14 Santas rip through Sydney Harbour
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week111/photo3.html

1642
* Sir Isaac Newton *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Newton.html
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95dec/newton.html
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/newton.html
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blnewton.htm

_ How did Isaac Newton really discover gravity
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=D5BQkdyAw8A
_ Sir Isaac Newton Physics Project
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=C4mgWoYFK3Y
_ Physics 6 - Mechanics & Newton's laws
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=aW3KhXEtEGI
_ Newton's Laws of Motion illustrated with 3D
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=iH48Lc7wq0U

- 24. DECEMBER * Charles Hermite *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:48
SUNSET-16:33
MOON-26.4DAYS

_ Christmas tree lighting ceremony in front of St. Peter's Basilica
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week111/photo5.html

1822
* Charles Hermite *
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040169/Charles-Hermite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hermite
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Hermite.html
http://everything2.com/e2node/Charles%2520Hermite
http://www.speedylook.com/Charles_Hermite.html
http://www.anagramgenius.com/archive/charle15.html

_ Charles-Hermite
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=4TMvThcMgs4
_ Venise 2008
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=xQwgxln4z_U
_ Montage Photo NOUS
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=stCtN_N9aJ0

- 23. DECEMBER * Jean-Henri Fabre *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:48
SUNSET-16:33
MOON-25.4DAYS

_ n as-yet-unnamed baby hippo
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week111/index.html

1823
* Jean-Henri Fabre *
http://www.e-fabre.com/index_800.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Henri_Fabre
http://www.musee-jeanhenrifabre.com/
http://www.efabre.net/

_ Transforming japanese cicada "ABURA-ZEMI"
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=qGSpux64uCM
_ The Life of Jean-Henri Fabre/France_pan
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo3kg3SOO4o
_ The Life of Jean-Henri Fabre / France_pan 002
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Cho63sPl7V8

- 22. DECEMBER * Puccini *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:47
SUNSET-16:32
MOON-24.4DAYS

_ "Medusa" Worms Found in Mud Volcano
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081209-medusa-worm.html

1858
* Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini
http://opera.stanford.edu/Puccini/
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/c/Puccini

_ Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ8v5qI28Is
_ "E Lucevan le stelle" Giacomo Puccini "Tosca 3rd ACT"
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=HhtSioY6coU
_ Giacomo Puccini: Pillangokisasszony
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ7XxZE7XqQ

- 21. DECEMBER * Samuel L. Jackson *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:47
SUNSET-16:32
MOON-23.4DAYS

_ an expanding red giant star
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/photogalleries/space-photos-week21/index.html

1948
* Samuel L. Jackson *
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/set/2608/sljindex.html

_ Samuel L. Jackson's Lost "Titanic" Screen Test! (UNBLEEPED!)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ppsWp2WQkCM
_ Say What Again!!
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UPHuE5pDlEs
_ Samuel L. Jackson Dies
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=yMwmqp3GLMc

- 20. DECEMBER * Susanne Knauth Langer *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:46
SUNSET-16:31
MOON-22.4DAYS

_ Brown dwarfs-dim objects between planets
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/space-photos-week23/photo4.html

1895
* Susanne Knauth Langer *
http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Langer,+Susanne+Knauth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne_Langer
http://www.librarything.com/author/langersusannek
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Langer-S.html

_ Creative Quotations from Suzanne K. Langer for Dec 20
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=eq2QabZlolU
_ Doctor Who - The Return of Rose Tyler ; Part Two.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Qclbd9pPByw
_ Berliner Salon der Webgrrls
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=SOU0NeNNYc4

- 19. DECEMBER * Limahl *

¥TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:46
SUNSET-16:31
MOON-21.4DAYS

_ Blood drips from a man's hand
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week110/photo5.html



1958
* Limahl *
http://www.limahl.com/
http://www.hmv.co.jp/search/artist/000000000042855/
http://musico.jp/contents/artist_index.aspx?id=a41AC

_ The Neverending Story
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=3khTntOxX-k
_ Kajagoogoo "Too Shy" - 1983
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6I4pT_tVA
_ Limahl "Only For Love" - 1983
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=McB0SUR5i1A

- 18. DECEMBER * Paul Klee *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:45
SUNSET-16:30
MOON-20.4DAYS

_ a day-old white African lion
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week110/photo4.html

1879
* Paul Klee *
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/klee_paul.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee
http://www.paul-klee-japan.com/
http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/auth/klee/

_ Paul Klee (1879~1940)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gOb4yhIN4
_ Paul Klee - 7 paintings
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAI3naoQrU
_ arte-omaggio a Paul Klee-part.1
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=_3JHR-7DW8E

- 17. DECEMBER * Ludwig van Beethoven *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:44
SUNSET-16:30
MOON-19.4DAYS

_ About 200,000 plastic figurines
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week110/photo2.html

1770
* Ludwig van Beethoven *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
http://www.lvbeethoven.com/index_En.html
http://listen.jp/store/artist_14663.htm
http://www.raptusassociation.org/
http://www.lvbeethoven.com/index_En.html

_ "Pathetique 3rd" by Ludwig van Beethoven
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv_0QLgSrFw
_ Ludwig van Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata"
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWeFiQUVxY
_ Moonlight Sonata
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=kS8eVFq1ZdU

- 16. DECEMBER * Philip Kindred Dick *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:44
SUNSET-16:29
MOON-18.4DAYS

_ A woman packed into a transparent suitcase
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week110/index.html

1928
* Philip Kindred Dick *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
http://www.scifi-universe.com/fiche_personne.asp?per_id=857
http://www.literature-map.com/philip+kindred+dick.html
http://www.philipkdick.com/
http://www.themodernword.com/SCRIPTorium/dick.html

_ Rare Philip K Dick interview
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ewcp6Nm-rQ
_ Arena - A day in the afterlife of Philip K. Dick
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=bKtKyk28z5Y
_ Androide Replicante Philip K. Dick
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=fkL8V4W1CrI

- 15. DECEMBER * Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:43
SUNSET-16:29
MOON-17.4DAYS

_ Jockeys wait to race
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week109/photo5.html

1832
* Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Eiffel
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Gustave_Eiffel.html
http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/eiffel/eiffel.html
http://www.allposters.com/-st/Alexandre-Gustave-Eiffel-Posters_c39870_.htm

_ A trip to Liberty Island
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=CpbuLd0Eutw
_ Tour Eiffel, Paris. Francia
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=h-b8z_Txw6I
_ Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=m0SDBm5HIF4

- 14. DECEMBER * Michel Nostradamus *

- 14. DECEMBER * Michel Nostradamus *
TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:42
SUNSET-16:29
MOON-16.4DAYS

_ "Black Friday" at the Dadeland Mall.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week109/photo4.html

1503
* Michel Nostradamus *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus
http://skepdic.com/nostrada.html
http://www.indepthinfo.com/nostradamus/
http://www.nostradamus.org/

_ Grandes Biografias: Nostradamus (1/7)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=8jHRbgE3E1Q
_ Exploring the Unknown w/James Randi - Nostradamus
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=tFGld1dESJo
_ Nostradamus Future from 2007 must see.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=oTxv_gj4kIY

- 13. DECEMBER * Heinrich Heine *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:42
SUNSET-16:29
MOON-15.4DAYS

_ Fireworks sparkle over downtown Vilnius
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week109/photo3.html

1797
* Heinrich Heine *
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine
http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine

_ Six Poems of Heinrich Heine -- Scotch Poem
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ClqdWEiL1IA
_ Skateboarding Heinrich-Heine-Park summer 2006
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=SrNPm_IAbuM
_ Die Lorelei (Heinrich Heine) - Dorothea Fayne
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=x1LyRL3MFnc

- 12. DECEMBER * Frank Sinatra *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:41
SUNSET-16:28
MOON-14.4DAYS

_ Venice Floods
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week109/photo2.html

1915
* Frank Sinatra *
http://listen.jp/store/artist_16644.htm
http://www.lastfm.jp/music/Frank+Sinatra
http://www.sinatra.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000069/

_ Frank Sinatra - "THAT'S LIFE"
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=pc1fu4RHDi0
_ Frank Sinatra - Stardust (1943)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=NlujPZ64ZvI
_ Frank Sinatra
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=dYuMS_ysQbA

- 11. DECEMBER * Maurice Leblanc *- 11. DECEMBER * Maurice Leblanc * TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:40 SUNSET-16:28 MOON-13.4DAYS _ Thousands of Mumbai residents p

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:40
SUNSET-16:28
MOON-13.4DAYS

_ Thousands of Mumbai residents protested
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/wip-week109/index.html

1864
* Maurice Leblanc *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Leblanc
http://andre.bourgeois.9online.fr/maurice_leblanc.htm
http://www.arsene-lupin.com/monde/auteur.php

_ Clos Arsene Lupin a Etretat.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=AZsEAso7y8s
_ Lupin the third
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=hot9zFSd-FU
_ Arsenio Lupin
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=htXefvX0bFc

- 10. DECEMBER * Melvil Dewey *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:40
SUNSET-16:28
MOON-12.4DAYS

_ Best Pictures of Microscopic Life
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/

1851
* Melvil Dewey *
http://www.booktalking.net/books/dewey/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/circ/tutorial/biography.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/
http://www.who2.com/melvildewey.html

_ Mr. Melvil Dewey
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=dCNIEWMFrfU
_ Changing The System (2007)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=9wEHpHLxqvE
_ NaFiRoyBIMSCom, Halloween, & 19th Cent Ignominy
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=vjzZAiQ_WoU

- 09. DECEMBER * Natsume Soseki *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:39
SUNSET-16:28
MOON-11.4DAYS

_ Stress Quiz
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/stress-quiz.html

1916
* Natsume Soseki *- ( 9 February 1867 - 9 December 1916 )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsume_S%C5%8Dseki
http://jclab.wordpress.com/category/soseki-natsume-1867-1916/
http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ns/soseki.html

_ Soseki Natsume - Sanshiro
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5duG1GXes
_ Ikaho - Soseki
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0C4LHAeRME
_ Ten Dreams - trailer
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=FEoF_s-dkPA

- 08. DECEMBER * John Lennon *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:38
SUNSET-16:28
MOON-10.4DAYS

_ Asa - " Fire on the Mountain "
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/music/genre-wm/african-pop/fire-on-mountain-wm.html

1980
* John Lennon * - shot dead
http://www.johnlennon.com/html/news.aspx
http://gmap.jp/shop-928.html
http://www.digimart.net/inst_detail.do?instrument_id=DS00524296

_ John Lennon`s last interview 8th December 1980
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=2ulghD5JkmU
_ Paul McCartney - Here Today: in loving memory of john lennon
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=78pBx7al8_A
_ Ringo Starr on John Lennon (plus video)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=zDmSADebifo
_ John Lennon & Paul McCartney New York, May 1968
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=L_abWOyG16c
_ Paul McCartney-on John missing the Beatles
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=D3qJnC60Huk

- 07. DECEMBER * Avram Noam Chomsky *

TOKYO_SUNRISE-06:37
SUNSET-16:28
MOON-09.4DAYS

_ Ben Harper - " Fight Outta You "
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/music/genre-wm/global-pop/ben-harper-fight-outta-you-wm.html

1928
* Avram Noam Chomsky *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/avram_noam_chomsky/
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-CHOMSKYAvramNoam.html

_ Noam Chomsky - 'preemptive war'
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=_XXV9MaPMdo
_ Noam Chomsky - discussing globalisation
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=N6rT-Up9ZlY
_ Noam Chomsky - Distorted Morality - 1/6 (Italian Sub)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=jN5Lf2-vj2Y