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    carpboy

    A groundbreaker, too... his keyboard was the Doors' bass guitar as well as providing the band's signature sound - a tapestry of harmonies. Thank you and RIP, Ray.

    Posted in: The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies at 74

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    Will be released as Django Chained

    Posted in: 'Django Unchained' gets May China release after 'issues' resolved

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    will also target the effects of second-hand smoke, by actively campaigning to make more restaurants and offices smoke-free...

    Campaigning? Forget the pathetic cries of it being bad for business - why not pass smoke-free laws and then ENFORCE them as part of an 'anti-cancer' plan ? Sadly, it seems that doing the greater good for the health society as a whole carries a stigma of its own.

    Posted in: Gov't announces cancer countermeasure plan

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    paulinusa - thank you, and this insightful gem from the link:

    "the four Japanese legislators disputed the number of comfort women and claimed that they willingly served the soldiers"

    Posted in: New Jersey town's monument to Korean sex slaves upsetting Japanese officials

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    Much like Karl Van Wolferen's 'The Enigma of Japanese Power' which a great many educated Japanese people say is right on the money, this is high up on my reading list.

    ditto darkbob: reading it now - amazing how it lifts the fog and clarifies all the paralysis surrounding decision making, systemic wastage and vested interests in Japan.

    Initially, I thought it may have been too dated (written in the late 80s) to be relevant today... but sadly, it only serves to amplify that so little has changed.

    Posted in: Ex-U.S. diplomat Maher pulls no punches on Japan

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    carpboy

    forget cost cutting measures and a hike in the consumption tax, just install red light cameras throughout japan and all will be solved... financially.

    Posted in: Man in possession of marijuana locks himself in car in Ginza

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    yes, let's pray for carbon dioxide reductions as we burn... maybe if the fire is bigger, we'll have a better chance of it coming true

    Posted in: Burn away the old

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    carpboy

    we're not learning, we just keep on burning

    Posted in: Burn away the old

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    carpboy

    As the French said - you may have the means to win a war, but not to win a peace. Stop the world, I want to get off.

    Posted in: Suicide bomber kills 88 in Pakistan

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    carpboy

    great pic because you have to spot the geeks - those on display vs. those taking snaps

    Posted in: Singalong

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    carpboy

    the mask is to stop his jaw and or tongue from hitting the deck.

    Posted in: Singalong

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    yes, another reason why he may claim he never knew - even his brother thinks that such a claim is stupid!

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    bingo cliffworks - what kind of deterrent exists when the worse that can possibly happen is only to pay the tax you should have in the first place... perhaps you will have to apologize along the lines of: "I'm so sorry (that I got caught) and I will put in place measures to ensure it doesn't happen again." Next... xpompey8 - from what I read, most of the wealth came from the fortune amassed by his mother's late husband Ishibashi - founder of Bridgestone.

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    carpboy

    a chorus incessant sniffing to indicate that they are doing it tough but soldiering on under extreme adversity, a white mask or both... this melody is climaxed by a throat-stripping hock up as heard by unrested.

    Posted in: What habits by your co-workers annoy you the most at your workplace?

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    carpboy

    this guy has the right to smoke but not to do so in non-smoking areas or to harm the health of others. somebody please recall cigarettes... the conductor blew the whistle and asked someone to do the right thing, hats off to him.

    Posted in: Saitama train conductor assaulted after asking man to smoke in designated area

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