Important overseas American Military base in the 1950s. Produced between 1951 and 1971, the big picture was a Weekly Television report for the army and the american public. Narrator the United States army presents the big picture, an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. A small, rocky, typhoonswept island, this is okinawa, principal link in the ryukyus chain, which stretches more than stretches over the pacific from japan to formosa. Unimportant . Perhaps at first glance. But okinawas role in todays world is out of proportion to its size. An area equal to rhode island, okinawa is a vital outpost in the free World Defense network less than 300 miles from the coast of communist china. But okinawa has not always played the Important Role it plays today. For many centuries it slept, an island off the beaten track of world affairs. Feudal lords ruled over scattered straw hut villages , where life centered around two things rice and religion. Ancestor worshi
Armed forces and the american people. Rocky, typhoonswept island, this is okinawa, principal link in the ryukyus chain, which stresses stretches over the pacific from japan to formosa. Unimportant . Perhaps at first glance. But okinawas role in todays world is out of proportion to its size. An area equal to rhode island, okinawa is a vital post in the free World Defense network less than 300 miles from the coast of communist china. But okinawa has not always played the Important Role it plays today. An many centuries it slept, island off the beaten track of world affairs. Feudal lords ruled over scattered straw hut villages where life centered around two things rice and religion. Stewardship was the dominant thing. Here, peaceful presence lived peasantsd peaceful lived and worked. And children played. It was a contented culture that looked backward rather than forward for inspiration. As such, it changed little over the centuries. Agriculture was the most important occupation. The unge
A lot. Is it a congregation that is in transition year after year or do you have people who stay around . There is both. Theres a really interesting mix of people in the congregation. There are a lot of students, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and that turnover happens pretty fast. Sometimes with the grad students not as fast as they would like it to, but eventually they that is always hard for us. There is also a group of people who are alumni and who decide to stay involved in the congregation. They might move a little bit further out from palo alto, but they continue to come back. Members of the Neighborhood Community are part of the congregation. One of the most interesting groups in the congregation are people who are involved in a Campus Ministry congregation when they were in school and have moved to the area to work for a company and seek out a Campus Ministry congregation to be a part of. Thats what i wantto ask ministry congregi went to a pri Roman Catholi
Something hes never done before performing a solitary easter mass inside a virtually empty st. Peters basilica. Live streamed into homes of millions of americans. Here are the latest headlines. The u. S. Has now surpassed italy as the country with the most total deaths from coronavirus. More than 20,000 people have died of covid19, and more than 500,000 americans have contracted the virus. For the first time in history, all 50 states are under a major disaster declaration this morning. On saturday President Trump declared wyoming a disaster area. That is the last state to receive the designation. And some good news for americans awaiting a t federal government. The first round of Economic Impact payments were deposited directly into Bank Accounts saturday. The irs says it is issuing the money as quickly as it can. Much more on those stories. Plus, we will talk to dr. Natalie azar, after spending two weeks in selfisolation, spent this week on the front line inside a new york city hospit
Just floating here like bananas inside a jello mold the things we thought mattered now dont the things we thought didnt matter now oh reliever now precluded Walking Around looking like the back end of a peacock it doesnt matter no one cares for years weve been stuck inside the for net ik pace of lives based on nonevent never given a moment to pause to look at the society we had created remember what used to matter before this pandemic remember what you used to focus on how many live picture of your dinner got on instagram what happened in the new episode of the voice of the real housewives of the walking dead or the farting diseased with superhero movie to go see and then complain about how it sucked afterwards whether the guy at work doesnt like you even though he smiles his stupid face that you we thought all of that mattered not of it really matters. Many of us maybe most of us have been living for nothing rushing towards nonsense while the world burns weve filled our days with the