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cleoFeb. 15, 2012 - 02:37AM JST "Whether an industry is "dead" or not depends entirely on…
Posted in: Confrontation
Interesting, lovenot. Thanks for the info.
Posted in: Woman arrested over murder of 5-month-old son in Kobe
Correction: that was the Ruhr occupation and not the Rhone occupation.
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
"lighting" damn iphone
Posted in: Former gang member shot dead in Denny's restaurant in Chiba
ironchef i hope people realize when inflation increases, it is the equivalent of a consumption tax…
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
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Easy, just don't locate it on a fault line.
I like the number of experts on this tread that say that solar power is viable. It isn't.
Posted in: Which form of renewable energy do you think is the best alternative to nuclear energy?
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cleo
As yes, I'm pretty sure you prefer non-meat eating herbivores... ;-)
Posted in: Keeping up with Japanese metrosexual manes
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High testosterone = Bald
I must admit that the J-scout hairdo thing that these guys wear is strange to me. They don't project masculinity. It projects 'someone who spends too much time in the mirror'. But yeah, that's metrosexual I guess.
That's OK. I think women look for something else, so let these guys preen themselves. I think guys who groom naturally will be more successful.
Posted in: Keeping up with Japanese metrosexual manes
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The point being they got caught in the US. In Europe, it's not treated as such a big deal and if DSK got caught doing what he did in Europe, the consequences would probably not be as severe.
Look at Silvio Berlusconi... I wonder if he will finally go down for his (more outrageous) transgressions or he'll dodge that one as well.
Posted in: Why do famous men with power and influence (Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, for example) risk everything with their sexual behavior?
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Oh no, Japan doesn't need to go there. No guns is the only sensible policy. Look at death rates in the US due to too many people having guns. Scary.
I hope she is OK. The guy was obsessed and needed someone to snap him out of it. Maybe Caesar Milan could have helped.
Posted in: Heartbroken Kobe man stabs ex-girlfriend, three policemen
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Hmm, she may have had Alzheimers...
Posted in: 89-yr-old man held for strangling 85-yr-old wife to death
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I can't see any math that you have been doing here.
Now there is some math.
But who cares if there are or there aren't any photos. You know a plane smacked into the Pentagon from the aftermath. You know, plane bits lying around and stuff.
Posted in: What makes conspiracy theorists tick and what is the best way to combat their beliefs?
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A favorite saying of mine: "You can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into in the first place." It pretty much sums up conspiracy theorists.
Posted in: What makes conspiracy theorists tick and what is the best way to combat their beliefs?
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"the paranoid mind is far more coherent than the real world." Richard Hofstadter
Spoony
1- Nobody ever trusted TEPCO.
2- Conspiracy theorists are not being proven right. TEPCO didn't lie.
3- TEPCO only found out about the meltdown days ago, so no withholding of information.
Posted in: What makes conspiracy theorists tick and what is the best way to combat their beliefs?
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Sorry, I thought you were blaming the poor boy's parents. Agree.
Posted in: 14-year-old boy dies after apparent assault in Chiba park
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I wouldn't say so. At 14 my parents didn't accompany me to and from soccer practice. I went by myself.
Posted in: 14-year-old boy dies after apparent assault in Chiba park
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Acupuncture (Eastern) and blood letting (Western) were techniques that were used in the past based on what they thought at the time. These days they know more. So that's why blood letting isn't practiced these days. Not sure why acupuncture still is because it has been proven to be as bogus as blood letting. I guess it has the distinction as being one of the best placebos.
Posted in: Young acupuncturists get holistic in Tokyo
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I would agree, if the Eastern medicine is proven to work by careful scientific studies. There may be kampo out there that works and if so, create well designed studies to determine if does work and publish them for peer review. At that stage I will believe.
Many such studies have been published for acupuncture and the conclusions are at best a good placebo. The placebo effect tends to be better the more intrusive it is. So needles are better than sugar pills.
Posted in: Young acupuncturists get holistic in Tokyo
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Don't believe everything you read on the InterWebs. Especially if they have an agenda. If you want to read high quality impartial reviews of alternative medecines, you could do worse than reading what the Cochrane Collaboration come up with.
Google Cochrane Collaboration and when at their site, search acupuncture. The have the results of many studies.
Posted in: Young acupuncturists get holistic in Tokyo
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Really? Can you elaborate about why?
That's the thing. Many studies have been made on acupuncture, but not by the practitioners of acupuncture. Because if they did, they would find out that acupuncture is purely placebo effect.
Posted in: Young acupuncturists get holistic in Tokyo
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OK, it's true that many traditional remedies work and that's why they use them. Willow bark was known as a pain killer for many years. After some research apsrin was invented based on willow bark. The difference is that western medicine has a rigorous approach on studying the results of remedies that eastern medicine lacks.
Posted in: Young acupuncturists get holistic in Tokyo
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Yes. True. However, the difference is that western medicine works. The difference being a solid process of ensuring the efficacy of treatments that eastern medicine lacks. Acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine have been proven to be completely bogus.
Posted in: Young acupuncturists get holistic in Tokyo
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Why not Best Cottonist?
Posted in: Cotton club
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2020hindsight
Totally agree. It's not as if I can say, 'I think I'll not bother with the optional extra of fuel' and pay a lower price.
Just factor it into the total price of the ticket and be done.
Posted in: Airlines say they have no choice but to pass the increase in oil prices on to passengers in the form of a higher fuel tax? Do you agree?
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2020hindsight
Agree. Look what happened when there was a rumor of a Koran burning. We don't need to add any more gasoline. Expect reprisals.
Posted in: Celebrations