Japanese Internment Memorial

            While their families lived in ramshackle huts behind barbed wire, young Japanese men served in the U.S. army during World War Two. 

           

            In 1942 the U.S. government relocated more than 100,000 Japanese people into internment camps.

           

            To remember the hardships these people went through, a memorial was created in downtown San Jose that contains dozens of vignettes.

           

            The vignettes depicted a variety of scenes, some showed what life was like in the camps and others showed how people were transported to the camps via trains.

           

            Two vignettes on the south facing wall grabbed my attention in particular.

           

            One shows a group of six Japanese U.S. army soldiers making soup in their helmets.

           

            This vignette reminds us of the thousands of Japanese men who fought and died in service to the United States.

            This vignette struck me the most because of the fact that these men fought for a country that imprisoned their families. 

           

            The amount of courage these men had was inspiring and should be recognized by all.

           

            The other vignette that grabbed my attention depicts a large group of politicians standing in front of a governmental building. 

           

            This vignette told the story of how the U.S. government paid reparations to those who were affected.

           

            This vignette is significant to me because I do not believe that this was sufficient consolation in light of what happened. 

            

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word of the week 8

1. Piste
2. The other day I was talking to my uncle who lives in Mammoth and he said he can't wait for us to come skiing with him this winter.  He used the word piste to describe a new trail he was going to take us down.  I didn't know what this word meant so I decided to make it my word of the week.
3. "it's a hidden piste on the Tamarak side of Mammoth, its called Hole In the Wall.
4. Noun. A ski run of compacted snow.
5. The snowboarders flew down the piste with great speed.

word of the week 8

1. Piste
2. The other day I was talking to my uncle who lives in Mammoth and he said he can't wait for us to come skiing with him this winter.  He used the word piste to describe a new trail he was going to take us down.  I didn't know what this word meant so I decided to make it my word of the week.
3. "it's a hidden piste on the Tamarak side of Mammoth, its called Hole In the Wall.
4. Noun. A ski run of compacted snow.
5. The snowboarders flew down the piste with great speed.

Word of the week # 7

1. Esoteric
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_programming_language  
While browsing a Wikipedia article I found the word Esoteric. I did not know the meaning of it so I decided this to be my word of the week.
3. An esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a programming language designed as a test of the boundaries of computer programming language design, as a proof of concept, or as a joke.
4. Adj. Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
5. The process to build a computer is somewhat esoteric. 

Word of the week # 6

1. Ennead
2. I was looking at different architect companies online and found one named Ennead Architects.  I knew that their company was small with only nine workers, but I didn't know if the name Ennead meant something or was just a cool name they came up with.
3.Ennead Architects, what is Ennead?
4. (en'-ee-ad) n. a group of nine.
5. Only a dozen people showed up to the meeting, and by the time it was over three people left, leaving us with an ennead amount.

Mystery Character

I’m only five foot six inches tall weighing in at 146 pounds, so people underestimate my strength.

Thankfully, my size helps me be agile and nimble.

I started training for my career when I was a young boy, and I made it to the pros when I was 18.

I have short black hair, but sometimes I let it grow out a little and slick it back.

I speak Spanish because i was born in Argentina and Catalan because I have lived in Spain for a while now.

Word of the week # 4

1. Quidam
2. While browsing the web I came across a Cirque Du Soleil website advertising a new show that will be incorporated into the act.  The title of the show is Quidam and I decided to google it because I did not know if it was an actual word or not.
3.Quidam! A young girl's escape into a world of imagination.
4. Quidam - n. someone; an anonymous or unknown person.
5. The hooded figure sitting in a dark spot in the back of the room was unknown to the people at the bar.  He was a mysterious quidam.