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An onna-bugeisha was a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese upper class. Many wives, widows, daughters, and rebels answered the call of duty by engaging in battle, commonly alongside samurai men. They were members of the bushi (samurai) class in feudal Japan and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war. They also represented a divergence from the traditional 'housewife' role of the Japanese woman. They are sometimes referred to as female samurai. Significant icons such as Empress Jingu, Tomoe Gozen, Nakano Takeko, and H?j? Masako are famous examples of onna bugeisha.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Female Warriors
Charlie wrote:
Warrior
Adam answered:
Warrior.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Onna bugeisha were more or less the female equivalent of samurai and a type of female warrior way back when in the olden times of feudal Japan. They belonged to an upper class of warriors known as bushi and even fought alongside male samurai in righteous battle.
Deborah replied:
They were female warriors, the housewife equivalent to samurai.
Hot and dry in NorCal. Wish there was rain in our future.
Marian responded:
powerful female Samurai warrior
Desalting Dale of Hot Diamond Springs, Norcaliful, answered:
Housewife/Samurai Warrior. Impressive ballbusters! Could out train, fight, ride and screw Japanese men.
Some pixes of Lady Anne & Dale's Road trip to Fort Ross. The Russians founded Fort Ross in 1802, fought off the Cali-Mex Army, and then sold it to James Sutter in 1849.
Experienced first the fog on Friday, crystal clear & windy Saturday and Sunday. Perfect weather!
MAM wrote:
Female Samurai Warriors
DJ Useo said:
Seems like they were Bushi, or Samurai warriors.
I'm not sure where I learned that, but I've read a lot of James Clavell novels.
Me, I respect Women even if they aren't carrying swords! :)
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CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by RERUN'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a RERUN'Person Of Interest'.
On a RERUNDave (from 6/19/14) are Paul Rudd, Jeff Altman, and John Doe.
On a RERUNCraig (from 3/13/14) are Kristen Bell and Michael McMillan.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'America's Got Talent', followed by a FRESH'The Night Shift'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 5/21/14) are Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Page, Barry Gibb, and Josh Kaufman.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 6/11/14) are John Oliver, Natasha Lyonne, and Paolo Nutini.
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ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Extreme Weight Loss', followed by a FRESH'Celebrity Wife Swap'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Dane Cook, Mark Duplass, and Trey Songz.
The CW offers a FRESH'Famous In 12', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
On a RERUNArsenio Hall (from 11/21/13) are George Lopez, Key & Peele, Rosie Perez, and Yo Gotti.
Faux has a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a RERUN'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', then another RERUN'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', followed by a RERUN'The Mindy Project'.
MY recycles an old 'Bones', followed by another old 'Bones'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', yet another 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Storage Wars', then another FRESH'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Shipping Wars', then another FRESH'Shipping Wars'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Perfect Storm', followed by the movie 'The Mummy', then the movie 'The Mummy Returns'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 2 - Ep 3 - School Reunion
[9:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 2 - Ep 4 - The Girl In The Fireplace
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 2 - Ep 5 - Rise Of The Cybermen
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 23 - The Host
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 24 - The Mind's Eye
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Moore Place
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 8 - Peter's
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 4 - Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 1
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[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 15 - 11001001
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 16 - Too Short a Season
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 17 - When The Bough Breaks NEW
[9:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 18 - Home Soil NEW
[10:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 19 - Coming of Age NEW
[11:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 20 - Heart of Glory
[12:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 17 - When The Bough Breaks
[1:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 18 - Home Soil
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 19 - Coming of Age
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[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 15 - 11001001
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Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', followed by the FRESH'Tosh.0: Bottoms Up!', then a FRESH'Drunk History', followed by a FRESH'Nathan For You'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 6/23/14) is Bill Maher.
On a RERUNColbert Report (from 6/19/14) is Jay Carney.
FX has '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Act Of Valor', then a FRESH'Tyrant'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Top Gear', then a FRESH'Biker Battleground Phoenix'.
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[6:15AM] HUDSON HAWK
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[5:00PM] THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
[8:00PM] INSIDIOUS
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[6:00AM] Law & Order-Privileged
[7:00AM] Catch a Fire
[9:15AM] Heathers
[11:30AM] Legal Eagles
[2:00PM] Stranger Than Fiction
[4:30PM] Elizabeth
[7:15PM] The Contender
[10:00PM] The Contender
[12:45AM] Eyes Wide Shut
[4:15AM] When Will I Be Loved (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Halloween II', followed by a FRESH'The Wil Wheaton Project', another 'The Wil Wheaton Project', then a FRESH'Heroes Of Cosplay'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 3/4/14) are Betty White, Jason Momoa, and American Authors.
Grand Marshal George Takei, the actor who played in the "Star Trek" TV show and movies, cheers during the Seattle Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29, 2014.
Photo by Joshua Bessex
It is a rare television show that rouses its audience to do something. Stephen Colbert did it a few times on his Colbert Report, most notably in his farcical 2008 bid for the presidency, which raised tens of thousands of dollars for underserved classrooms via Donors Choose, and via the creation of his super Pac, which not only raised more than a million dollars but also raised awareness of campaign finance reform. It is not surprising, then, that the latest show to carry the call-to-action mantle is that of fellow Daily Show alum John Oliver.
Oliver, a correspondent on The Daily Show for seven and a half years who filled in as host for Jon Stewart last summer, launched his own program, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, on April 27 on HBO. He has spent the nine weeks since tackling topics that the mainstream media has mostly ignored, such as the recent Indian general elections (the biggest election in human history) and net neutrality, which he claimed is discussed in such boring terms that people don't pay attention to the insidiousness of paying Internet service providers to create fast and slow lanes on the Internet.
That latter 13-minute-long segment has become famous because it ended with Oliver's rousing call to "Internet trolls" (translation: everyone watching) to leave comments on the site of the Federal Communications Commission during its 120-day commenting period. So many people took him up on his request that the FCC's Twitter account announced that the site was experiencing "technical difficulties" due to overwhelming traffic. Oliver took little credit for crashing the site, telling Terry Gross on Fresh Air that if the FCC's website is designed to be commented on but is crashing when people are commenting, then "there is a much bigger problem than our [show's] involvement."
But, as Oliver said on Fresh Air, the best part of his HBO endeavor isn't being able to eschew broadcast standards. It's that, without commercials funding his show, Oliver is also able to mock, criticize, and demand change from big multinational corporations, such as General Motors, without being afraid of losing ad dollars from a sponsor.
Members of British comedy troupe Monty Python (L-R) Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones pose for a photograph during a media event in central London, June 30, 2014. The surviving members of Monty Python will perform at London's O2 Arena from July 1.
Photo by Paul Hackett
On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with Hobby Lobby on the company's challenge to the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, ruling that the mandate, as applied to "closely held" businesses, violates the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act. But the divided court's 5-4 decision included a dramatic dissent from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who called the majority opinion "a decision of startling breadth." Ginsburg read a portion of her decision from the bench on Monday.
Addressing the majority of her colleagues - including all but one of the six men sitting on the Supreme Court - Ginsburg wrote:
In the Court's view, RFRA demands accommodation of a for-profit corporation's religious beliefs no matter the impact that accommodation may have on third parties who do not share the corporation owners' religious faith-in these cases, thousands of women employed by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga or dependents of persons those corporations employ. Persuaded that Congress enacted RFRA to serve a far less radical purpose, and mindful of the havoc the Court's judgment can introduce, I dissent.
The justice goes on to criticize the opinion's interpretation of the religious freedom law, writing that "until today, religious exemptions had never been extended to any entity operating in 'the commercial, profit-making world.'"
Hillary Clinton blasted the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling, announced Monday, that craft chain Hobby Lobby and other "closely held" for-profit companies do not have to provide contraceptives to their employees if doing so violates their religious beliefs.
"I disagree with the reasoning as well as the conclusion," Clinton said during a Facebook Live interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. "I find it deeply disturbing we are going in that direction."
"It's troubling a sales clerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception - which is pretty expensive - is not going to get that service through her employer's health care plan because her employer doesn't think she should be using contraception," Clinton said.
The former secretary of state predicted that as a result of the decision, "many more companies will claim religious beliefs. Some may be sincere, some may not."
LGBT rights activist Lauren McNamara waves as she represents Chelsea Manning, a transgender woman who was selected as the honorary grand marshal of the San Francisco Gay Pride Festival, at the parade in California June 29, 2014. Last year, Manning, who formerly went by the name Bradley Manning, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000 documents, videos, diplomatic cables and battlefield accounts to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of classified materials in U.S. history.
Photo by Noah Berger
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are taking The Who on the road for a series of shows in the U.K. celebrating the band's 50th anniversary.
Daltrey referred to the tour as the start of the Who's "long goodbye" during a news conference Monday at Ronnie Scott's jazz bar in London.
"Well, it just has to be really," the 70-year-old Daltrey said. "We can't go on touring forever, but we don't know how long we will go on touring. It's an open-ended kind of thing. But it will have a finality to it. We'll stop touring, I'm sure, before we stop playing as a band. It's just like Eric Clapton's just said: It's the grind of the road, it's incredibly tough on the body this age. The singing is free; you pay us for the bloody traveling. "
The Who Hits 50 tour will be a retrospective of the band's career, including best-known hits such as "Who Are You," ''Pinball Wizard," and "Baba O'Riley." It is set to begin Nov. 30 in Glasgow, Scotland, and wind up in London on Dec. 17. Tickets go on sale Friday in the U.K.
A State Department investigator warned that contractors for Blackwater Worldwide saw themselves as above the law and that the contractors, rather than department officials, were in command, according to a memo disclosed Monday.
The warning to State Department officials came two weeks before shootings in Nisoor Square in Baghdad that killed 14 people and wounded 18 others on Sept. 16, 2007. A trial in the shootings is under way for four former Blackwater security guards.
The memo and other State Department documents make clear that the department was alerted to serious problems involving Blackwater before the Nisoor Square shooting.
In the memo to State Department officials, the investigator, Jean Richter, also said he had been threatened by a Blackwater manager regarding the investigation. The manager, according to the memo, said that he could kill the investigator and that "no one could or would do anything about it as we were in Iraq."
Swoosie Kurtz seen at the New Line Cinema Premiere of 'Tammy' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, June 30, 2014], in Hollywood.
Photo by Eric Charbonneau
Television entertainer Rolf Harris, known to generations of children in Britain and Australia for his friendly screen presence, was found guilty Monday of a string of indecent assaults on young girls that took place from the '60s to the '80s.
The conviction marked a stunning reversal for Harris, 84, whose popularity on children's TV in Britain rivaled that of "Captain Kangaroo" in the United States. The judge said Harris should expect prison time when he is sentenced Friday.
The man who appeared in hundreds of TV shows and even painted an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II will likely now be remembered chiefly as a sexual predator.
A jury found the Australian-born broadcaster guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault on four victims aged 19 or younger.
Harris was well-loved in Britain, where he performed for the queen's Diamond Jubilee concert in 2012. He was also known for musical hits including the novelty song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" and had performed once with the Beatles.
Actor Lea DeLaria, who plays Big Boo in the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black," rides in the San Francisco Gay Pride Festival in California June 29, 2014.
Photo by Noah Berger
A Florida judge on Monday dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against NBC and three reporters, saying the former neighborhood watch leader failed to show the network acted with malice.
Judge Debra Nelson said the malice standard was appropriate because Zimmerman became a public figure after he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford in February 2012, generating a national conversation about race and self-defense laws.
Zimmerman was acquitted last year for Martin's shooting murder. He said he shot Martin in self-defense when the teenager attacked him. Martin was black. Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic.
Zimmerman "voluntarily injected his views into the public controversy surrounding race relations and public safety in Sanford and pursued a course of conduct that ultimately led to the death of Martin and the specific controversy surrounding it," said Nelson, who presided over Zimmerman's criminal trial last summer.
US actor Elijah Wood poses for photographers during the premiere of the film 'Open Windows' in Madrid, Spain on Monday, June 30, 2014.
Photo by Abraham Caro Marin
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for enforcement of a first-of-its-kind California law that bars psychological counseling aimed at turning gay minors straight.
The justices turned aside a legal challenge brought by supporters of so-called conversion or reparative therapy. Without comment, they let stand an August 2013 appeals court ruling that said the ban covered professional activities that are within the state's authority to regulate and doesn't violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors and patients seeking treatment.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that California lawmakers properly showed that therapies designed to change sexual orientation for those under the age of 18 were outside the scientific mainstream and have been disavowed by most major medical groups as unproven and potentially dangerous.
"The Supreme Court has cement shut any possible opening to allow further psychological child abuse in California," state Sen. Ted Lieu, the law's sponsor, said Monday. "The Court's refusal to accept the appeal of extreme ideological therapists who practice the quackery of gay conversion therapy is a victory for child welfare, science and basic humane principles."
The law says professional therapists and counselors who use treatments designed to eliminate or reduce same-sex attractions in their patients would be engaging in unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline by state licensing boards. It does not cover the actions of pastors and lay counselors who are unlicensed but provide such therapy through church programs.
A giant soap bubble created by a street performer floats over a group of girls on school holiday at Hyde Park in Sydney June 30, 2014. According to the bureau of meteorology, Australia's mild and dry start to winter looks likely to extend into spring, with conditions influenced by unusually warm waters and a Pacific Ocean still primed for an El Nino weather pattern.
Photo by Jason Reed
In Pennsylvania's gas drilling boom, newer and unconventional wells leak far more often than older and traditional ones, according to a study of state inspection reports for 41,000 wells.
The results suggest that leaks of methane could be a problem for drilling across the nation, said study lead author Cornell University engineering professor Anthony Ingraffea, who heads an environmental activist group that helped pay for the study.
A visitor looks at a graffiti at the museum of street art "Casus Pacis" during the Manifesta 10 European Biennial of Contemporary Art in St. Petersburg, June 30, 2014. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, which was initiated in response to the new social, cultural and political reality that emerged in the aftermath of the Cold War, according to its organisers.
Photo by Alexander Demianchuk
The first gun manufacturer to leave Connecticut after it enacted tough new gun control laws last year in the wake of the Newtown school shootings presented a commemorative rifle on Monday to the governor of South Carolina, its new home.
PTR Industries Inc is among a wave of firearms makers moving or expanding away from the industry's traditional base in the U.S. Northeast to the more gun-friendly South.
Gun sales in the United States have grown steadily over the past 30 years and spiked last year after the Newtown shootings because of fear of coming restrictions, analysts said.
"Everybody who is looking to expand in new factory space is looking outside the Northeast. The reasons are taxes, labor and laws," said Brian Ruttenbur, an analyst with CRT Capital Group.
A Nepalese woman walks carrying paddy saplings before replanting them at a rice field in Chunnikhel, Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 30, 2014. The beginning of paddy cultivation in this Himalayan nation has been delayed this year due to the late arrival of the monsoon rains.
Photo by Niranjan Shrestha
Rick Mercer - a Canadian known for his capacity to chat, rant and laugh - said he was dumbstruck when he learned he was to receive one of the country's top honours.
The comedian is among the latest admissions and promotions in the Order of Canada, a list that includes renowned filmmaker David Cronenberg and retired astronaut Chris Hadfield.
Cronenberg is being promoted to companion, the highest level within the order. Hadfield becomes an officer, the second-highest level.
Shirley Marie Tilghman of Toronto and Princeton, N.J., has been made an officer in recognition of her contributions to molecular biology and for her efforts to champion women in science and engineering.
Among the other new members are Quebec poet Denise Desautels, Alberta social justice advocate Irene Fraser, Haida artist and fashion designer Dorothy Grant, Toronto speculative fiction author Guy Gavriel Kay, Quebec wine writer Michel Phaneuf and Quebec singer-director Rene Simard.
An African painted dog walks around the new Painted Dog Valley exhibit just opened to the public, Monday, June 30, 2014, at the Cincinnati Zoo in Cincinnati. There are only about 3,000 dogs in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa combined, making them one of the rarest species in Africa.
Photo by Al Behrman
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