JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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Farmboy
Nice pic!
Just in case you missed this one - an eclipse schedule.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.html
Posted in: Eclipsed
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Farmboy
The most important "truth" here is that Newt is aggravatingalready existing tensions in a region that is a powderkeg. That is not the kind of help the Middle East needs, no matter what side of the political divide you fall on, and it is not what most people hope for in president. Granted, Newt looks like a star compared with Perry, who looked like he was on something at the last debates.
Posted in: Gingrich stands firm on blunt Palestinian stance
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Farmboy
The cause - the earthquake, the tsunami, the loss of power, the poor planning, the poor training, the design, the proximity to the ocean.... they're going to need to use a lot of paper for this report.
Still, IF the panel can find a way to shut down a nuclear reactor safely no matter what the conditions are, by June, then this will be useful. The main risks to nuke plants are power loss, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, storms, wars, and terrorism. All of these risks should be carefully considered, and then they will undoubtedly recommend getting rid of the nuke plants....one would hope.
Posted in: Gov't panel to investigate cause of Fukushima crisis launched
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Farmboy
Though it was cloudy early, it turned out to be a beautiful eclipse. The moon was reddish at totality...very nice!
Posted in: Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse
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Farmboy
Oh! NOW I get it...they're getting a bunch of horses...some hay, a nice paddock.
Posted in: Noda says Fukushima nuclear plant will be stable by year's end
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Farmboy
Leaping or jumping might be word choices that show more volition, if that is what is happening. If the problem is just falling, then Elbuda has the right idea. They need a railing.
Posted in: Transport Ministry says 2011 worst on record for passengers falling onto train tracks
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Farmboy
I intend to declare myself rich, just to see how this technique works.
Posted in: Noda says Fukushima nuclear plant will be stable by year's end
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Farmboy
The Christmas Tree, as many have noted, isn't Christian, and early Christians certainly never decorated a tree, nor put a star on the top. Don't even get me started about Santa Claus and his coal fetish. The custom of using copious amounts of electricity to outline mythical creatures, well..we won't go there either, and going into debt to buy presents seems to be more about greed than gratitude, but sometimes this is done with thoughtfulness and received with gratitude. Christmas songs might have been okay at one time, but now they have become musak or elevator music that most people would choose to avoid if only they could. Cookies...okay, I like cookies, and fruitcake isn't bad if it's homemade. Giving to the needy...I think that's a good thing that shouldn't require a holiday, or a holiday shrub, but whatever, if it gets the job done.
So anyway, secularizing Christmas... I'm not even sure what that means at this point, but Christianity doesn't have much to do with either a holiday tree or a Christmas tree.
Posted in: Christmas tree or holiday tree?
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Farmboy
Some women would not like to have that done. They may believe, for instance, that such acts belittle women's abilities, or that they reflect a male feeling that they are weak. They don't need or want such attention. Probably that has dissuaded me from the pulling out the chair ritual. I do give my seat up for anyone I think may need it: someone who is pregnant, someone who is old, someone who is carrying a heavy load, someone who has been injured. In other cases, I don't offer. I do hold doors for just about anybody if they are following me or entering as I am exiting, and I do open doors for women if we are walking together. I can't help it, and it doesn't reflect a demeaning attitude - at least if it does, I'm not aware of it. It's just a habit. Sometimes women open doors for me, too.
Posted in: Do you think that a man giving up his seat on a bus or train to a woman, holding a door open for her or holding her chair as she sits down are outmoded?
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Farmboy
Well, if you're paid in yen, the exchange rate can only help you. If you're not, well yes, then things are getting expensive.
Besides that, though, these kinds of surveys, though I don't know the specifics of this one in particular, are sort of slanted.
They presume that someone, say someone in the USA, wants to live the same life in another country that they are living in their own, with no adjustment to a different culture or lifestyle. So comparing the cost of buying steaks, living in a large house or apartment, etc. , yes the prices are higher. Most people, however, just adjust to the living situation and food that is available. This is hard to reflect in a survey, at least the surveys I've seen so far.
Posted in: Japanese cities most costly for Asia expats: survey
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Farmboy
The "It's a big ocean" excuse has been used a little too often in a few too many industries. It IS a big ocean, but the radiation doesn't disappear. It gets concentrated in certain areas of the environment, and then sea life feeds in those areas, and then we feed on the sea life. We have dumped every imaginable type of toxic waste into the ocean, and there is no assurance that this batch of radioactive materials is the last of it. Cumulatively, the big ocean is not big enough to contain all these poisons without some of it coming back to bite us.
Posted in: Water containing strontium leaked into Pacific: TEPCO
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Farmboy
And it's remarkable that they know this when not only do they need to qualify any statement with "is believed to (contain)," but also so few measurements of the fish have been taken following the leak. And then, what if people want to eat fish for two years? Are they toast?
Posted in: Water containing strontium leaked into Pacific: TEPCO
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Farmboy
Because supplies are better than surprise?
Posted in: British women offered free morning-after pill at Christmas, New Year
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Farmboy
The lesson of Fukushima that has been heard:
One mistake can kill the economy, if not the people, in a large section of the country, for a hundred years, so be careful. Lawsuits are expensive, and our company can go broke, if we don't handle an accident well.
The lesson of Fukushima that has not been heard: One mistake can kill the economy, if not the people, in a large section of the country, for a hundred years, so develop and use another kind of power.
Without nuclear power, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has nothing to regulate, and the Nuclear Energy Institute has nothing to institute, so they will always be unable to come to this conclusion, even if better choices exist.
Posted in: U.S. nuclear industry must heed lesson of Fukushima, says NRC chief
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Farmboy
Whenever I try to talk with them, they always clam up...
Posted in: Scientists study oyster 'language'
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Farmboy
The upside is that the fish will now be precooked when you catch them. The downside is that strontium is pretty nasty stuff, and with the recommended level already set pretty high, one million times that level is going to kill an already damaged fishing industry. And then the trouble with fish is that they swim. Hawaiians, for instance, won't be happy to hear this news.
Posted in: TEPCO reveals new contaminated water leak at Fukushima plant
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Farmboy
This is truly a mammoth undertaking...
Posted in: Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth
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Farmboy
Not at all. This is just a step on the way to bringing back Elvis.
Posted in: Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth
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Farmboy
I'm not assuming anything in particular, including Cain's guilt or innocence of the misconduct he was accused of.
Okay, maybe I am assuming that if anyone has anything that looks like dirt about Gingrich, it will be brought forward on a talk show, whether there is any substance to it or not, and then there will be news stories, discussions, magazine articles, etc. that presume guilt or innocence without adding any more facts to the discussion.
I won't vote for either Cain or Gingrich, by the way. I'm just sick to death of trial by media.
Posted in: Cain 'suspends' U.S. presidential campaign
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Farmboy
Now the women who say they were harrassed by Newt will be flocking to the late night talk shows. We should have a few pop up by next week, I'd say. " Newt's Beauts," will be the headline, maybe...
Posted in: Cain 'suspends' U.S. presidential campaign