Miyashiro, Saitama

Miyashiro (宮代町, Miyashiro-machi) is a town located in Minamisaitama District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2012, the town has an estimated population of 33,405. The total area is 15.95 km². The average age of Miyashiro residents is 42.

Historically, Miyashiro was created from the joining of neighboring villages in 1955 and thus the commercial and population centers are still centered on these older districts. The origin of the town's name comes from the shrines of the largest villages. "Miya" was taken from Himemiya shrine (姫宮神社) in Himemiya village and "shiro" from Konoshiro shrine (身代神社) in Suka village.

Miyashiro is best known among Tokyoites for its zoological-amusement park complex Tōbu Zoo (東武動物公園, Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen), which is owned by the Tōbu Group.

There are two train lines that run through the town, which are also owned by Tobu, the Isesaki Line and the Nikkō Line. Miyashiro has three train stations from south to north: Himemiya, Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen and Wado. Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station, named after the zoo, is the main stop and in the heart of Miyashiro.

Aldo Miyashiro

Aldo Miyashiro Ribeiro (born 1976) is a Japanese Peruvian playwright, screenwriter, and actor. His play Misterio was adapted into a TV miniseries.

References

Gonna Fly Now

"Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from Rocky," is the theme song from the movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta Little (the sister of actor Cleavon Little) and Nelson Pigford. Released in February 1977 with the movie Rocky, the song became part of American popular culture after main character Rocky Balboa as part of his daily training regimen runs up the 72 stone steps leading to the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia and raises his arms in a victory pose, while the song plays. The song was written in Philadelphia. The song is also often played at sporting events, especially at sporting events in the city of Philadelphia or featuring sports teams from there.

Reception

The song (whose lyrics are only 30 words long) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in the 49th Academy Awards. The version of the song from the movie, performed by Conti with an orchestra, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977, while a version by jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson hit the top 30. Disco versions by Rhythm Heritage and Current were on the chart at the same time (Conti's own version reveals some early disco influence in the orchestration). Billboard ranked Conti's version as the No. 21 song of 1977. Conti's single was certified Gold by the RIAA, for shipments exceeding one million in the United States. The American Film Institute placed it 58th on its AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs list. Due to its charting success, in a rarity for a movie soundtrack, "Gonna Fly Now" is on the regular playlist on '70s on 7 on Sirius XM Radio.

El Gran Show

El Gran Show ("The Amazing Show") is a dance reality show airing on América Televisión in Perú hosted by Gisela Valcárcel. Every season, celebrities and amateur dancers (Dreamers) are paired up. Celebrities have included actors/actresses, models, singers, athletes, teen heartthrobs, television hosts, and comedians. The format is similar to Bailando por un sueño and El Show De Los Sueños: 11 participants called "Dreamers" star in a dance competition in which the winner will realize a dream that becomes public knowledge, either to resolve a personal problem or to help someone else. The program focuses on social assistance that can be provided to talented people who have no economic means to achieve certain goals. The tool that these dreamers have to overcome adversity is their talent for dancing. Eleven couples (dreamer and hero) compete over 10 weekly galas, in which the couple who received the fewest telephone votes from viewers is eliminated. At the final gala, two couples compete to determine who will win the long-awaited fulfilment of their dream.

Keiko Fujimori

Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkeiko soˈfia fuxiˈmori iˈɣ̞utʃ͡i]) (Japanese: 藤森 恵子, Fujimori Keiko Japanese: [ɸúʥimoɺi kéːko] or Japanese: [ɸuʥimoɾi kéːko]; born May 25, 1975) is a Peruvian Fujimorista politician, daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi. She served as First Lady, from 1994 to 2000, after her parents divorced, becoming the youngest First Lady in the history of the Americas. She then became a member of the Peruvian legislature. Fujimori leads the center-right party Fuerza Popular, and lost her bid for the presidency in the 2011 Peruvian election runoff of June 5, 2011.

Early life

Keiko Fujimori graduated from Peru's Catholic School Colegio Sagrados Corazones Recoleta (Recoleta Academy of the Sacred Hearts) in 1992. The following year, she travelled to New York City to pursue a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. She began her studies at Stony Brook University, and graduated in 1997 from Boston University. She received her M.B.A. from Columbia Business School in 2006.