Asada Mao won the silver medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics scoring 205.50 points behind the winner, Kim Yu-na (Yeon Ah?) who achieved 228.56. This year’s olympics in the ladies figure skating event was probably the most competitive and high level competition ever in its history. The top 5 skaters (Kim, Asada, Rochette, Nagasu, [...]
 
 
 
  
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There is considerable deliberations on the international policy agreements on each countries’ magnitude of CO2 reductions to avert catastrophic consequences due to climate change. The main indicator for the allocations are based on the percentage reductions in emission rates relative to 1990. This has had a tendency to split international negotiations into developed and developing [...] There is a revealing trend in the Japanese working population. More and more of them are looking at job opportunities overseas. This is especially true for the young (25~29 years old) (総務省「人口推計」). There are plenty of reasons of course, the economic malaise, increasing proportion of the aging population, impending collapse of the lifetime employment system, [...] The structure of online discussions are partially determined by its platform. Whether it is through blogs, BBS, chat, email and other online platforms, the depth, dynamicity, communicability, accountability, communability and the behavior of the discussions vary. As an easy example, the presence of anonymity limits the responsibility and accountability of the communicator — diluting the constructiveness [...] Prominent blogger/economist/journalist Ikeda Nobuo links to Scott Shane’s book that there are wrong preconceptions about America on business (池田, 2009). America tends to have an image that it is a thriving capitalist society with tons of entrepreneurs. But this is partially refuted by the self-employment rate, which is very low compared to other countries. Japan even [...] Nevada Democratic Senator Harry Reid’s remarks on Obama during the presidential campaign have created a stir on some language use issues on race. Reid indicated that Obama’s campaign success was helped by being “light-skinned” and having “no Negro dialect.” The negro -> black -> African American thingie has made many black bloggers up in arms; but I’m sure [...] The increasingly apparent widespread (?) use of illegal drugs in celebrity circles have fired up debate on the drug war in Japan. Most opinion seems to speak ill of the convicted with a touch of fear that more regulation may not be able to contain illegal drug use in celebrities, and worse, children. Of course [...] As the saying goes: A raw vegan foodist driving a Hummer leaves a smaller carbon footprint than a meat eating Prius driver. This is of course because livestock contributes about 18% of the world’s CO2 — more than the CO2 generated from all transportation methods combined. Green conscious does not necessary translate to better decisions for the [...] no it's not flying The Sea Shepherd folks have just announced a new boat to combat the scientific whaling ships in the Antarctic. The boat can speed up to 50 knots, and it is going to be used to disrupt Japan’s whaling ships by intervening the harpooning process. The design of the ship would make [...] I am currently reading Prof. Cacioppo’s book, “Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection”, and so far, the basic theme is that loneliness or lack of social contact can be fairly debilitating to one’s health. Human beings and pretty much all species evolved through its basic history to generally fear being alone since it is advantageous to work in social constructs. The current estimate is that half of loneliness is dictated by [...] |
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