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A prosthetist in Tokyo is making artificial fingers for former yakuza trying to rehabilitate themselves, who are usually stigmatized for their criminal pasts because of their missing digits.
Shintaro Hayashi, 38, representative of Aiwa Gishi Seisakusho (Aiwa prosthetic limb manufacturing company) in Nerima Ward, has created prosthetic fingers for about 300 people, hoping these new digits give them a thumbs up on their rehabilitation and return to society.
“I felt that new fingers grew (from my own hands),” said a man who had received silicone fingers from Hayashi.
Shintaro Hayashi, 38, representative of Aiwa Gishi Seisakusho (Aiwa prosthetic limb manufacturing company) in Nerima Ward, has created prosthetic fingers for about 300 people, hoping these new digits give them a thumbs up on their rehabilitation and return to society.
“I felt that new fingers grew (from my own hands),” said a man who had received silicone fingers from Hayashi.
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Excelsior！再見，斯坦·李
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“Excelsior!”是“漫威之父”斯坦·李為人熟知的口頭禪，意為“精益求精”。 1960年代，李開始使用這個詞作為其連載漫畫的結語。這個詞也是充滿啟發意義的人生格言。
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Excelsior, a Latin word often translated as "ever upward" or "still higher", may refer to:
Arts and entertainment[edit]
Literature and poetry[edit]
- "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Excelsior (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski
- "Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse
- "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman
Music[edit]
- Excelsior Recordings, an independent record label from the Netherlands
- Excelsior Brass Band, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans
- "Excelsior", a setting of Longfellow's poem to music by Michael William Balfe
- "Excelsior!", a concert overture by Wilhelm Stenhammar
Science fiction[edit]
- USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), a starship in Star Trek
- Excelsior class starship, in Star Trek
- Excelsior (comics), in Runaways, a support group for former teenage superheroes
Journals and newspapers[edit]
- Excélsior, a newspaper published in Mexico City
- Daily Excelsior, a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir
Other[edit]
- Excelsior!, 1901 short film
- TV Excelsior, a defunct Brazilian television network
- Excelsior Editions, a trade imprint of the book publisher SUNY Press
- Excelsior, an 1881 ballet by Luigi Manzotti
Mottos and catchphrases[edit]
- "Excelsior" (motto), the official motto of the state of New York (seen on its seal)
- "Excelsior!", the catchphrase of Stan Lee, who often used it at the end of "Stan's Soapbox" column in Marvel Comics
- "Excelsior", the characteristic sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott
- Motto of the Special Jaegers
Sports[edit]
Association football[edit]
- Excelsior '31, Rijssen, Netherlands
- Excelsior AC, a Haitian association football club
- Excelsior AC Roubaix, a French association football club
- Excelsior Maassluis, a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands
- Excelsior Mouscron, a former Belgian association football club
- Excelsior Stadium, the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division
- AS Excelsior, an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island
- Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club
- F.C. Excelsior, Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional
- SBV Excelsior, a Dutch association football club
- SV Excelsior, a Surinamese association football club
- SS Excelsior (football club), a club from Réunion Island established in 1940
Other[edit]
- Excelsior Alpine Club, a traditional alpine climbing club in Budapest, Hungary
- Excelsior Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually
- Excelsior Rugby Club, an amateur rugby team that plays in the ILT Southland Wide Premier Division
- Excelsior of Brooklyn, an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York
- New York Excelsior, an American professional Overwatch eSports team based in New York City, New York
Schools[edit]
- Excelsior Academy, a school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Excelsior College, in Albany, New York
- Excelsior, a common high school and grammar school name
- Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California) (1903–1981)
- Excelsior Public School (Excelsior, Minnesota) (1904–1964)
- Excelsior School, a non-denominational school in Pasadena, California
- Excelsior High School, Washougal, Washington
Hotels and restaurants[edit]
- Excelsior (restaurant), a former restaurant located in Hotel de l'Europe, Amsterdam
- Excelsior, a common hotel name
- Hotel Excelsior, Berlin (1908–1945)
- Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne (est. 1863)
- The Excelsior (Hong Kong), a hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Places[edit]
Canada[edit]
South Africa[edit]
United States[edit]
- Excelsior, California, former name of Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California
- Excelsior, Georgia
- Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
- Excelsior, Minnesota
- Excelsior, Missouri
- Excelsior, Atchison County, Missouri
- Excelsior, Nevada
- Excelsior, West Virginia (disambiguation)
- Excelsior, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
- The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
- Excelsior Geyser in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
- Excelsior Mountains, in western Nevada in the United States
- Excelsior Springs, Missouri
- Excelsior Township, Michigan
Transportation[edit]
- Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN), founded in 1993
- Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL), a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931
- Henderson Motorcycle, a division of the above company from 1919 to 1931
- Excelsior Super X, a motorcycle made by the above company from 1925 to 1931
- Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior, a Swiss car maker in business between 1896 and 1919
- Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, a Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 and 1932
- Excelsior Motor Company, a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker
- Excelsior Manxman, a motorcycle made by the above company
- Xcelsior (bus), a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries
- Excelsior tank, a British experimental heavy assault tank
- St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft
- Excelsior (smack), the last surviving fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet
- SS Excelsior (ship), one of several steam-powered ships named Excelsior
Nature[edit]
- Wood wool, commonly known as excelsior, a wood sliver material used for packaging, for the pads in evaporative coolers, and for other applications
- Fraxinus excelsior, the scientific name for the European ash tree
- Excelsior eight-eight (Callicore excelsior), a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in South America
- Acraea excelsior, a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in eastern Africa.
Typefaces[edit]
- "Excelsior", the American term for a three-point font size
- Excelsior (typeface), a serif typeface well-suited to newsprint
- Fixedsys Excelsior, an unofficial pan-Unicode extension of the popular Microsoft font Fixedsys
Other[edit]
- Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota
- Project Excelsior, a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s
- Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known
- Excelsior JET, a Java compiler
- Excelsior (chess problem), a chess problem by Sam Loyd
- Excelsior Brigade, a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War
See also[edit]
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