tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292940802024-03-06T02:25:51.985+09:00CA in SapporoFriends, students, and others can read about my journey as an American teacher in Sapporo, Japan.<br>
Comments are welcome!CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-62792246896246251712015-01-12T10:33:00.001+09:002015-01-12T10:33:23.083+09:00Trains (Japan, Europe, the U.S.)<i><span data-offset-key="6eqj7-0-0" data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0.0">This was in response to a friend who wrote that the Amtrak carrying her son from </span></span><span data-offset-key="6eqj7-0-0" data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0.0"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".16.1:3:1:$comment10203418739768788_10203418874972168:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".16.1:3:1:$comment10203418739768788_10203418874972168:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:3:1:$comment10203418739768788_10203418874972168:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0">Seattle, Washington, to Eugene</span></span></span>, Oregon, was 3 hours late.</span></span></i><br />
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<span data-offset-key="6eqj7-0-0" data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0.0">I
feel so spoiled in Japan where, except for delays caused by heavy snow in winter, the trains are generally on time to the minute. I recall going from Paris to SW France where
friends were waiting for me. The train was 5 minutes late (!), and
they exclaimed, "The train is on time!"</span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="6eqj7-0-0" data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0.0">As for Amtrak, I ended up waiting
in a Boston suburb for my mother for a good two hours. Fortunately the
weather was not that bad, but the station had no waiting room or
attendant, so there was no way of knowing when the train would arrive
except for a single station phone on which I finally got someone.</span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="6eqj7-0-0" data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0.0">Another time, when I was going to take Amtrak to Chicago from a yoga retreat, I took a cab to the platform in Lenox, Massachusetts. In this case there was a glassed-in waiting area but, again, no attendants. There happened to be an older couple in the parking lot, who perhaps had come to wait for someone, and they told me the train wouldn't be coming through Lenox that day. I had no way of knowing.</span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="6eqj7-0-0" data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0.0">They were kind enough to take me to the local bus station, where I was able to get a bus to Cleveland within an hour or so, and then transfer in the middle of the night to a bus for Chicago. I got there at about the same time I would have if I had gone by Amtrak.</span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="6eqj7-0-0" data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0"><span data-reactid=".16.1:4.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.$6eqj7.0:$6eqj7-0-0.0">Both of those were several years ago, and it seems as though Amtrak hasn't improved since.</span></span>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-45931561814537268772013-04-24T17:30:00.000+09:002013-04-25T08:17:56.626+09:00Encounter with a Postal Clerk<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, this morning I gave a postal clerk an experience that neither he nor I was expecting. I decided to try the post office for transferring money to my U.S. bank account since the transfer costs only ¥2,800 as opposed to ¥4,000 from my bank.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First he asked me to write my address in the U.S. It took several minutes to convince him that I didn't have an address in the U.S. He kept saying the address I used when I started the account, and I tried to explain that I receive my statements at my address here in Japan, and that even my checks have my Japanese address.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Then came filling out the form. Even though it was in both Japanese and English, I ended up having to redo it 4 times because of various mistakes - the confusion of what language </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">to write my address in, the fact that there are about 7 versions of my name in Japan (not counting CA Edington), and the tiny spaces in which to write.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, every time I made a mistake, I had to use my inkan (stamp) over the error. In between each time, I had to wait for other customers, so the whole ordeal took me about 45 minutes for a 1-page form.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh, and during that time, the dollar rose, so I ended up paying ¥193 more!</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The clerk apologized to me several times and presented me with a cheap towel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I thought it was over, but there was more to come. Later in the day, my doorbell rang, and it was the postal clerk coming to my apartment, bringing me the form to correct once again. I had written US$ for the type of currency, and it was supposed to be USD. Out came my <i>inkan</i> once more after making the correction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">At least now he's seen my classroom and knows that I teach English. It would be nice to get a new student out of this!</span></span>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-86096566460551385072013-01-16T07:02:00.002+09:002013-01-16T09:18:40.990+09:00Called to WritingWoke up with endorphins flowing as they haven't in a long time. I had been on the phone with not one but two different publishers (even though it was one long continuous phone call) about the possibilities of writing books. One was a rewrite of a book I had formerly published (with a different company) several years ago called The <i>Way I Say It</i>, about common expressions used by Japanese speakers. The publisher called me because of the recommendation by a Facebook friend who had also written a great deal for the same company. The other was about my journey in recovery and health. Oddly enough, it included how I was improving my health by walking to school (which I used to do in Wisconsin, but is not going to happen here, particular since one commute takes more than an hour by subway and bus).<br />
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In both cases, talking with the editor of each book was so encouraging and stimulating that I couldn't help but babble on about all my different ideas for what the book might include. I practically started writing the books in my head as I talked. I also knew that it was going to be exciting working the entire staff of the publishing companies because they were so warm at all levels, from the receptionist to whom I spoke initially on up to, in one case, the editor-in-chief because he was also - to the surprise of both of us - a Facebook friend.<br />
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The phone I was using was a business phone for another company that, near the end of my conversation, was gesturing for me to get off (because they were expecting a fax and I was tying up the line). When I finally hung up, I explained to them the reason for the call and that it wasn't just chitchat.<br />
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I was elated!<br />
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The dream probably came from an assortment of happenings, including (1) reading a novel just before bed about a journalist putting together a story; (2) a discussion with my sister about her self-publications on Amazon, including a novel, some plays, and a cookbook, and her suggestion that I could also self-publish; and (3) a promise to some friends in my support group that I would write the story of my drinking and subsequent recovery. Also, I have a number of friends who have been writing books that have gotten published and are doing well.<br />
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There was such a strong message in that dream! I've got to get writing!<br />
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<br />CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-58224355779547822292012-07-21T14:56:00.000+09:002012-07-21T14:56:04.004+09:00Roger Ebert on Killers Glorified by the Media<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">'The day after Columbine, I was interviewed for the Tom Brokaw news program. The reporter had been assigned a theory and was seeking sound bites to support it. “Wouldn’t you say,” she asked, “that killings like this are influenced by violent movies?” No, I said, I wouldn’t say that. “But what about Basketball Diaries?” she asked. “Doesn’t that have a scene of a boy walking into a school with a ma</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">chine gun?” The obscure 1995 Leonardo Di Caprio movie did indeed have a brief fantasy scene of that nature, I said, but the movie failed at the box office (it grossed only $2.5 million), and it’s unlikely the Columbine killers saw it. The reporter looked disappointed, so I offered her my theory. “Events like this,” I said, “if they are influenced by anything, are influenced by news programs like your own. When an unbalanced kid walks into a school and starts shooting, it becomes a major media event. Cable news drops ordinary programming and goes around the clock with it. The story is assigned a logo and a theme song; these two kids were packaged as the Trench Coat Mafia. The message is clear to other disturbed kids around the country: If I shoot up my school, I can be famous. The TV will talk about nothing else but me. Experts will try to figure out what I was thinking. The kids and teachers at school will see they shouldn’t have messed with me. I’ll go out in a blaze of glory.”<br /><br />'In short, I said, events like Columbine are influenced far less by violent movies than by CNN, the NBC Nightly News and all the other news media, who glorify the killers in the guise of “explaining” them. I commended the policy at the Sun-Times, where our editor said the paper would no longer feature school killings on Page 1. The reporter thanked me and turned off the camera. Of course the interview was never used. They found plenty of talking heads to condemn violent movies, and everybody was happy.'<br /><br />Roger Ebert</span></span></b></span>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-20933885229849354272012-07-19T21:16:00.000+09:002012-07-19T21:16:50.278+09:00A Day at the Tampa Airport (Short Version)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 21px;">We were already sitting on the Airtran plane in
Tampa for the 9:40 a.m. flight to Milwaukee when there was an announcement we
were turning back to the gate because of some difficulty in the flight
deck.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 21px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 21px;">It wasn’t clear what the
inspectors they brought on board were checking.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 21px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 21px;">“The coffee pot must not be working,” I remarked to my fellow
passengers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 21px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 21px;">In a while we learned it was
the air conditioning, and light commons flew around the cabin such as, “Pass
out the fans,” or “Just open the windows.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Around 10:30, however, we were told they would
be “deboarding” the plane since repairs could take a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone patiently collected their bags and
filed back into the waiting room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were given periodic updates, including that a new part was needed, so there
would be further delay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“They must be
flying it in from Tokyo,” was one passenger’s comment, and I replied, “Gee, if
I had known, I could have brought it with me.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>According to the next announcement, the part was being flown in from
Orlando and, once it arrived, the repair should only take about 15 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Lunchtime rolled around, and they announced
that food vouchers were being provided, so everyone lined up–both at the
counter and then at the deli.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anxious not
to miss the announcement about reboarding, because it was now close to 1:00, I
took my turkey and Swiss on 5-grain wheat with dark mustard (could never get
that in a Japanese airport) back to the waiting area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Around 1:15 there was a new announcement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flight was cancelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was stunned – this being the last day I had
planned to spend with my mother until next year – and I burst into tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next half hour was rather chaotic, with
long lines at the counter for people to change their travel plans, including
staying overnight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I hated most was
the teasers of 20 seats available on another flight (but too many people ahead
of me wanting them) and a possible flight to Atlanta, then Chicago, then
Milwaukee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the women near me
graciously lent me her cell phone so I could call my mother to let her
know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said I wasn’t sure if I’d be
able to get to Milwaukee that day or not, and she said cheerfully, “Oh, you
will, you will.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Then came the announcement that special
connections could be made for people who had ticketed through travel
agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I wondered if booking through a
Japanese travel agent counted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The few
of us who went up to the counter were told us they needed the hard copy of our
tickets, and we’re like, “but we handed them in at the counter to get our
boarding passes.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So one of the ground
attendants went running back to get them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then we were given instructions to go get our bags at carousel 16 in the
red area, then proceed to Northwestern where we could catch a flight to
Minneapolis, then change planes for one to Milwaukee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kind of round about, and we wouldn’t get in
until 9 p.m. or so, but at least we’d get to Milwaukee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">No bags at the carousel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was taking time to sort out the ones that
had been destined for Milwaukee, we were told, but they would be there
“shortly.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Northwest counter, I
handed over my “hard” ticket, now looking well-used, which had been scribbled
on by the Airtran agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Northwest
agent peered at it and said, “What’s this?” I explained how the agent at
Airtran had directed us there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said,
that can’t be since we’re fully booked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My heart sank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She went into a
long discussion with another of the agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>15 minutes to flight time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Finally she turned to me and said, “We don’t have any agreement with
Airtran, and their agent hasn’t contacted us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We can’t accept you on this flight.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told them at least 3 other people in the same situation were coming,
and she said that she’d be telling them the same thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I was at a loss but decided to go back down to
the baggage carousel so at least I’d have my bags with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Milwaukee flight friends who had been
making the rounds with me were by now becoming buddies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With our luggage, we went to the Airtran
counter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So at 2:30 p.m. I was back at
the same place I had been at 8:00 in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There we got an agent who knew all about the
cancelled flight and said she could get us on a Midwest flight, direct from
Tampa to Milwaukee, arriving at the fairly decent hour of 7:30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I gleefully left the counter with ticket in
hand and followed signs all over the floor until I finally found a tiny little
counter for Midwest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I stood there,
the clerk from Airtran came running up with my check-in bags and my passport
that I had left at the other counter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, the mother of my by now very familiar Milwaukee flight friends was about
to pick them up to bring them to me, but the agent quickly stopped her
admonishing, “You can’t do that!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
today’s convoluted situation, such niceties are no longer permissible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Finally I had a boarding pass and for the 2<sup>nd</sup>
time that day went to take the tram to Gate E.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the initial security checkpoint, I was stopped by the guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What’s in this bag?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“Candy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“You can’t carry that bag. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only one bag.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My attempts to explain that I had purchased the
candy at the gate where I had already been before boarding the plane that
morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He simply kept insisting, in
heavily accented English, “Only one carry-on bag.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I wasn’t going to be able to get to the
gate any other way, I knelt down and started stuffing candy in every little
nook and cranny of my computer carry-on bag I could find.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">At Gate E, I once again saw my 3 buddies, an
elderly couple with their son, and went over to talk with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They chattered on about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>being retired, how he had wanted her as a
secretary for his private business, but she had gone to work for a company, and
that now he was grateful because they ended up living off her retirement, and
how she had worked for the same company for 26 years, then retired but didn’t
really enjoy being retired, so had spent 6 more years working at a retirement
center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had heard me talking about
my mother so asked where she lived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Hales Corners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a retirement
center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you ever heard of Tudor
Oaks.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“That’s where I used to work,” exclaimed the
woman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“Do you know Dorothy Martin?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“Of course!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">So it turned out that my day at the Tampa
Airport, from which I was flying to see my mother, was spent with someone who
knew my mother very well!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the
biggest synchronicity of the month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-76234442453693295432012-01-15T19:20:00.000+09:002012-01-15T19:20:25.141+09:00Frustration with MoodleBuddyBecause there was no MoodleBuddy number on my profile this morning, I wrote a private email to one of the instructors:<br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Thank you for posting these, Dr. Smirnova. Yesterday I saw MoodleBuddy 15 on my profile, but it is not there today, and my name is not in Group 15 or any of the groups.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">I'd appreciate your help!</span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Since there was no response to that, I started a new topic on the course support forum entitled</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> MoodleBuddy and posted the following message:</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><div class="posting"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;">In response to the message: “<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you access profile, you will find your Moodle Buddy team number. It will look like this: MoodleBuddy10, for example.”</span></span><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Once we know our MoodleBuddy number, how do we find the two other participants with the same number? I have been looking for instructions about how to do that but don't find any. <img alt="mixed" src="http://www.integrating-technology.org/pix/smartpix.php/aardvark_pro/s/mixed.gif" title="mixed" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Incidentally, when I accessed my profile last night (Japan time), I recall seeing <b>MoodleBuddy15</b>, but now I cannot see it listed. Where specifically is the MoodleBuddy number located?</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
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There was zero response to that thread. Then one of the instructors appeared on Chatroll, so I was excited, thinking that I'd now have a chance to get my answer. Here's the ensuing conversation:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<div class="message 1266066423 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/D/E/F/DEFAULTUSER-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div><div class="message-delete-button" style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 2px; top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><img class="button-delete clickable" src="http://chatroll.com/t.gif" style="background-image: url(http://static.cdn.chatroll.com/cached/main-e787bc483979c397ac58afe2ee569ddc4c0caff4.png); background-position: 0% -1160px; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; height: 10px; width: 10px;" title="Delete" /></span></div></div><div class="message 1266066790 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 2:51 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CAinSapporo</a></span>: <span class="message-text">Last night before I went to bed,<wbr></wbr> I saw MoodleBuddy 15 on my profile,<wbr></wbr> but it'<wbr></wbr>s not there now and I'<wbr></wbr>m not in Group 15.<wbr></wbr></span><div class="message-group-items" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/D/E/F/DEFAULTUSER-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="message 1266067103 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 2:51 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CAinSapporo</a></span>: <span class="message-text">Can you help me with that?<wbr></wbr> I only have a few more hours that I can do any of the course activities here in Japan.<wbr></wbr></span><div class="message-group-items" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/D/E/F/DEFAULTUSER-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="message 1266070869 uHBmNIUH7Pu 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 2:58 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nelliemuller" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nellie Deutsch</a></span>: <span class="message-text">Hi CAinSapporo,<wbr></wbr> you can view your Moodle Buddy by going into your profile.<wbr></wbr> Have you tried that?<wbr></wbr></span><div class="message-group-items" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nelliemuller" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/g/V/e/gVe306gVdYR-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="message 1266073407 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 3:02 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CAinSapporo</a></span>: <span class="message-text">Please look at what I wrote above:<wbr></wbr> “ Last night before I went to bed,<wbr></wbr> I saw MoodleBuddy 15 on my profile,<wbr></wbr> but it'<wbr></wbr>s not there now and I'<wbr></wbr>m not in Group 15.<wbr></wbr>”</span><div class="message-group-items" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/D/E/F/DEFAULTUSER-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="message 1266075313 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 3:05 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CAinSapporo</a></span>: <span class="message-text">Hello?<wbr></wbr>?<wbr></wbr></span><div class="message-group-items" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/D/E/F/DEFAULTUSER-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="message 1266075743 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 3:06 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CAinSapporo</a></span>: <span class="message-text">I'<wbr></wbr>m also curious as to why the groups were available for us to view previously,<wbr></wbr> and now they'<wbr></wbr>re hidden from our view.<wbr></wbr></span><div class="message-group-items" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/D/E/F/DEFAULTUSER-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="message 1266076629 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 3:07 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CAinSapporo</a></span>: <span class="message-text">Hello?<wbr></wbr>?<wbr></wbr></span><div class="message-group-items" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div class="message-profile-image" style="left: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="profile-icon-image highlight" src="http://images.cdn.chatroll.com/images/D/E/F/DEFAULTUSER-resize_38x38.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; opacity: 0.99999;" /></a></span></div></div><div class="chat-welcome-message" style="color: #4076b3; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Welcome to Moodle for Teachers 2012 EVO!</span></div><div class="message 1266088055 nDrMWWeO9tN 1" id="" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="message-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 0.77em; height: 12px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jan 15 2012, 3:26 PM</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-profile-name" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://chatroll.com/profile/CAinSapporo" style="color: #0072bc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CAinSapporo</a></span>: <span class="message-text">I guess I'<wbr></wbr>m here all alone now.<wbr></wbr> <img class="emoticon emoticon-unhappy" src="http://chatroll.com/t.gif" style="background-image: url(http://static.cdn.chatroll.com/cached/main-e787bc483979c397ac58afe2ee569ddc4c0caff4.png); background-position: 0% -244px; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 16px; width: 16px;" /> Bye.</span></span></div><div class="message-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 33px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 41px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="message-text"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The whole next day (9/12 in Japan) I had the TV on and little by little grasped the horror of the situation. I had no classes that day and was alone in my apartment, so had no one to talk to about it. That evening I went to my Japanese chorus, and the everyday chatter was going on as though nothing had happened. I slumped into a corner, and a couple of friends came over to see if I was all right. They had no concept of the impact it had on me - or on the whole world, for that matter. I can recall mumbling something to the effect of, “It's war,” and they more or less pooh-poohed me, saying it wasn't that bad.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Somehow I made it through rehearsal (I stayed because we had a concert a week later, but I didn't have the breath to sing very well). At the end I asked the conductor if I could say a prayer. Being Catholic, he agreed. I gave it in English, so few probably understood, but it was basically a prayer for peace. No one responded or talked to me afterwards. In fact, after that a former member - an Alto - gave the announcement of her engagement and forthcoming wedding, and was surrounded by people congratulating her. I was overwhelmed by loneliness.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next day I had private classes, and one student in my afternoon class who had lived in the U.S. came over and hugged me as soon as I came in the room. That was the first time I was able to cry. Finally there was someone who understood!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A few days later I got an email in Japanese from my chorus. We were going to add a piece at the beginning of the concert the following week, and some suggestions were given. I didn't know the names of the pieces in Japanese so asked my private students what they were. One was to the tune of what I know as “What a friend we have in Jesus,” although the words in Japanese are not the same. I immediately vetoed that one and suggested “Amazing Grace,” which is what we ended up singing. When we got to the words, “Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; 'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far and Grace will lead me home,” I nearly broke down. American friends who were in the audience later told me they were weeping.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Somehow I managed to make it through the concert on 9/19. It took every ounce of energy that I had. Afterwards, I collapsed, sobbing, in front of my locker in the dressing room. No one came over. The other Sopranos were slowly changing into their street clothes and leaving. It was a desperately lonely time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A few weeks later, one of the Sopranos took me aside and talked to me quietly about family members she had lost in the Hanshin earthquake in Japan on January 17, 1995. She had never mentioned it to me before and tears came to her eyes as she talked. What it made me realize is how private the process of grieving is in Japan.</span>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-74826174800108315782011-09-03T17:54:00.002+09:002011-09-03T23:55:41.189+09:00The Clutter Is All in Your MindCathy Anderson's PowerPoint presentation on clutter was posted by a friend just when I needed it the most!<br />
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<div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/ohJOYS" target="_blank">Cathy Anderson</a> </div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I succeeded in filling two cardboard boxes with recycled teaching material. Having spent days, months, and years accumulating and organizing it for use in various level classes, it was not easy to just throw all that hard work into a box. Much of it, however, has been around for several years because either I've refined the material and put it on my computer, or I have easy access to similar - or better - material on the Internet. In fact, I wasn't even sure what I'd come across in the piles I went through.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I didn't enjoy having to remove all the staples, but I wanted to be sure it was all perfectly recyclable. The effort was also worth it because I have that much more office space now (a luxury in Japan), and the clutter was taking up mental space as well. It's great to feel a bit more clear!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Every time I return to the U.S., I'm so aware of how much more hugging and touching in general - such as pats on the hand or the back - I experience than in Japan. I often am starving for touch and have to wonder how much that has contributed to my gaining a great deal of weight over the past 15 years.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fortunately I have my cats, who demand a great deal of touching, but it's not exactly reciprocal. Even though I have become more keenly aware of the lack of touch in my daily life, through this article and video, I can't exactly run out and start touching the people I come into contact with. However, at least I can make an appointment with a massage therapist and make sure that I get more healing touch from massage in my life.</span>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-39089034451712105282011-03-20T11:34:00.000+09:002011-09-04T00:02:49.069+09:00U.S. Lags in School Lunch Makeovers<div>
<a href="http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/03/school_lunches.html">U.S. Lags in School Lunch Makeovers</a><br />
The photos in this article show typical school lunches in the U.S. compared with those in other countries. It's difficult finding the vegetables in most of the U.S. school lunches. Also, is the chocolate milk served in order to get the kids to drink milk? I wonder how much sugar it contains.</div>
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The worst of it is that children will grow up thinking this is “food.” One of the most important areas where people are lacking in education is nutrition. What a perfect opportunity a well-balanced nutritious school lunch could provide, with the added benefit of less obesity. Go, Michelle!</div>
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CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-32909092209051629292011-03-18T16:32:00.000+09:002011-03-18T16:32:48.829+09:00The New York Philharmonic Honors the People of JapanA moving message from the New York Philharmonic to the people of Japan. On the evening of this recording, the orchestra played Requiem for Strings by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), both to honor the departed and as a tribute to Japan's optimism and positive spirit.<br />
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The following is a beautiful rendition of the Requiem for Strings showing the ceramic artwork of Carlo Zauli (1926-2002), a native of Faenza, Italy, who was heavily influenced by both traditional and modern Japanese ceramic art.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Japan experiences about 1,000 earthquakes each year of a magnitude sufficient to be felt. While the rest of the world uses the Richter scale to measure earthquakes, the Japan Meteorological Agency uses a seismic intensity scale - used also in Taiwan - known as the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">shindo </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(literally 'tremor') scale. Whereas the Richter scale measures a quake at its epicenter, the 'shindo scale' measures it at a specific location where the quake is felt. Therefore the effects of a single earthquake have a variable 'shindo scale' reading depending how far the affected area is from the epicenter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A Shindo Scale 1 quake is the lightest, while a 7 is the most severe.</span><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">0</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Goes unnoticed by humans. Speed of shock waves on the ground is less than 0.008 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Barely noticable, but only if inside. Ground speed of 0.008–0.025 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Noticable if inside, and sufficient to wake some sleepers. Ground speed of 0.025–0.08 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Felt by most people if inside. Sufficient to inspire fear in some people. Ground speed of 0.08–0.25 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Sufficient to inspire fear in many people, wake most sleepers, and prompt some people to seek escape. Ground speed of 0.25–0.80 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5−</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Prompts most people to seek escape, but strong enough to prevent some people from moving. Ground speed of 0.80–1.40 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5+</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Strong enough to cause the collapse of a few unreinforced concrete-block walls and gravestones. Driving difficult or impossible. Ground speed of 1.40–2.50 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6−</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: Will cause collapse of wall tiles and windowpanes in some buildings. Ground speed of 2.50–3.15 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6+</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: In many buildings, wall tiles and windowpanes are damaged and fall. Strong enough to cause the collapse of some unreinforced concrete-block walls and gravestones. Ground speed of 3.15–4.00 m/s².</span></li><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Note that you can click on the title of this block to go to the link, but it also has information that might be offensive to some (e.g., love hotels).</span></i></span><br />
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</span></i></span>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-65626148551594367692011-03-14T12:37:00.001+09:002011-03-14T13:39:23.628+09:00Japanese News Earthquake VocabularyA resident of Japan has posted this useful list on his <a href="http://www.japannewbie.com/2011/03/13/japanese-news-earthquake-vocabulary/">blog</a>. This is especially useful for friends who are working as translators or trying to understand the information in Japanese. He has a number of other useful links about everyday life in Japan. Thanks, Harvey!<br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">木造住宅</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">もくぞうじゅうたく</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">homes built of wood</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">中層建物</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ちゅうそうたてもの</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a mid-sized high rise building</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">空港</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">くうこう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">airport</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">港</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">みなと</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">port</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">港周辺</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">みなとしゅうへん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the area around the port</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">倒壊した家</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">とうかいしたいえ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">collapsed houses</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">倒壊家屋</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">とうかいかおく</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">collapsed houses</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">建物の屋根</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">たてもののやね</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the roofs of buildings</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">瓦礫</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">がれき</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">tiles and pebbles, debris</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">計画停電</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">けいかくていでん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">planned power outage</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">核燃料</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">かくねんりょう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nuclear fuel</span></td><td><a href="http://www.nikkei.com/news/article/g=96958A9693819691E3E0E2E29E8DE3E0E2E1E0E2E3E39F9FEAE2E2E3?n_cid=DSANY001" style="color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Link</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">核分裂</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">かくぶんれつ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">atomic fission</span></td><td><a href="http://www.nikkei.com/news/article/g=96958A9693819691E3E0E2E29E8DE3E0E2E1E0E2E3E39F9FEAE2E2E3?n_cid=DSANY001" style="color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Link</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">電力不足</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">でんりょくぶそく</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lack of power</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">停電</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ていでん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">power outage</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">発電所</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">はつでんしょ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">power plant</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">原発</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">げんはつ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nuclear power plant</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">東京電力福島第1原子力発電所1号機</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">とうきょうでんりょくふくしまだいいちげんしりょくはつでんしょいちごうき</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant No. 1 reactor</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">燃料棒</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ねんりょうぼう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fuel rod (for a nuclear power plant)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">揚水発電所</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ようすいはつでんしょ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hydraulic power plant</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">電力会社</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">でんりょくがいしゃ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">power company</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">節電</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">せつでん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">energy conservation, to conserve energy</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">供給不足</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">きょうきゅうぶそく</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">insufficient supply</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">原子炉を冷やす機能</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">げんしろをひやすきのう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the function to cool a nuclear reactor</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">格納容器</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">かくのうようき</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">storage container (refers to the steel container housing the reactor)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">容器を海水で冷やす</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ようきをかいすいでひやす</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cool the container with seawater</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">放射線</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ほうしゃせん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">radiation (radioactive rays)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">放射能</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ほうしゃのう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">radioactivity</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">放射生物質</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ほうしゃせいぶっしつ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">radioactive materials</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">発電施設</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">はつでんしせつ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">power plant facilities</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">孤立</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">こりつ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to be isolated</span></td><td><a href="http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0312/TKY201103120515.html?ref=any" style="color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Link</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">安否確認</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">あんぴかくにん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">confirmation of safety</span></td><td><a href="http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0312/TKY201103120515.html?ref=any" style="color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Link</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">安否不明</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">あんぴふめい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">unknown whether (they are) safe or not</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">安否確認が進まず</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">あんぴかくにんがすすまず</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">making no progress in regards to confirming the safety of…</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">炉心溶融</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ろしんようゆう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">core meltdown</span></td><td><a href="http://www.nikkei.com/news/article/g=96958A9693819691E3E0E2E29E8DE3E0E2E1E0E2E3E39F9FEAE2E2E3?n_cid=DSANY001" style="color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Link</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">除染</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">じょせん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">decontaminate</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">爆発</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ばくはつ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">explosion</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">爆発音</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ばくはつおん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sound of an explosion</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">水素爆発</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">すいそばくはつ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hydrogen explosion</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">壊滅的な被害</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">かいめつてきなひがい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">devastating damage</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">救助ヘリコプター</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">きゅうじょヘリコプター</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rescue helicopter</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">救助を待っている</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">きゅうじょをまっている</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">waiting to be rescued</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">被災者</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ひさいしゃ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">victims/sufferers</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">死者</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ししゃ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">casualties</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">被害</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ひがい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">damage</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">不明</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ふめい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">unclear (missing people) 死者・不明1400人超 (more than 1,400 dead or missing)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">行方不明者</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ゆくえふめいしゃ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">missing persons</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">負傷</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ふしょう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">injured</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">軽傷者</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">けいしょうしゃ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">people with light injuries</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">遺体</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">いたい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">dead bodies / corpses</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">被曝</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ひばく</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to be exposed to radiation</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">避難範囲</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ひなんはんい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">evacuation area</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">避難住民</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ひなんじゅうみん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">evacuated residents</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">救出活動</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">きゅうしゅつかつどう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rescue operations</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">震度</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">しんど</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The strength of an earthquake (shindo, Japanese scale 0 to 7)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">震度6弱</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">しんどろくじゃく</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">About shindo 6</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">大震災</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">だいしんさい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Great earthquake</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">マグニチュード</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">マグニチュード</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Magnitude</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">震源</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">しんげん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The hypocenter (of an earthquake)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">揺れ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ゆれ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to shake</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">地震</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">じしん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">earthquake</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">余震</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">よしん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">aftershock</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">津波</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">つなみ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">tsunami</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">山崩れ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">やまくずれ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">landslide</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">炎</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ほのお</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">flames</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">白煙</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">はくえん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">white smoke</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">黒煙</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">こくえん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">black smoke</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">海水</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">かいすい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">seawater</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">海面</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">かいめん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sea surface</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">内陸</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ないりく</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">inland</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">沿岸部</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">えんがんぶ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">coastal area</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">水没している</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">すいぼつしている</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to be submerged in water</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">水没した車</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">すいぼつしたくるま</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">submerged cars</span></td><td><a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20110312-OYT1T00715.htm?from=any" style="color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Link</span></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">乗用車</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">じょうようしゃ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">passenger cars (regular cars, as opposed to fire trucks, ambulances, etc.)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">消防車</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">しょうぼうしゃ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fire truck</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">船舶が座礁している</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">せんぱくがざしょうしている</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ships have run aground</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">気象庁</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">きしょうちょう</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Meteorological agency</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">自衛隊</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">じえいたい</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Japan Self Defense Force</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">国際原子力事象評価尺度</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">こくさいげんしりょくじしょうひょうかしゃくど</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">宮城県</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">みやぎけん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Miyagi prefecture</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">南三陸町</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">みなみさんりくまち</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">minamisanrikumachi (In Miyagi prefecture. Devastate by the tsunami.)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">岩手県</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">いわてけん</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Iwate prefecture</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">〜が相次いでいる</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">あいついでいる</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blah blah is occurring over and over again</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">恐れがある</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">おそれがある</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">may occur (something negative) e.g., 停電が続く恐れがある the power outage may continue.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">半径3キロ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">はんけいさんキロ</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a radius of 3 kilometers</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">命を落とす</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">いのちをおとす</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to die (to lose life)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">待機</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">たいき</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to wait</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">状況の把握が難航しており</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">じょうきょうのはあくがなんこうしており</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">difficult to understand the (actual) situation</span></td><td><a href="http://www.nikkei.com/news/article/g=96958A9693819695E3E0E2E48A8DE3E0E2E1E0E2E3E39F9FEAE2E2E3?n_cid=DSANY001" style="color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Link</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">市街地</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">しがいち</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">urban areas</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">拡大する見通し</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">かくだいするみとおし</span></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">expected to increase/expand<br />
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</tbody></table>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-6887764418682146162011-03-14T10:34:00.001+09:002011-03-14T10:35:44.296+09:00Japan Earthquake Information on Facebook<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Several people have mentioned “the” earthquake and “the” tsunami. It needs to be made clear that these are both in the plural. The aftershocks continue, and an earthquake is never *over* in several senses. Of course, there are the rescue and clean up operations that many of you have viewed on TV. Even more, there's the emotional trauma to deal with (see my earlier blog on PTSD). Most of all, there could easily be another sizable earthquake. Japan experiences over 1,000 earthquakes a year </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that can be felt</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">! Most of them are not large enough to cause serious damage. However, there is concern about more earthquakes occurring in the near future on top of what people have already experienced on Friday.</span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm particularly grateful for Facebook right now because a large number of friends have been checking my page there. This has enormously helpful because it's been impossible for me to respond to all the messages and inquiries that I've received. I apologize for being abrupt with those who have used chat to contact me, but there simply hasn't been much time to talk one-on-one.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was surprised this morning to find that Facebook is sending out special messages to its members in Japan [see below]. This has been an invaluable service because, now that electricity is being “rationed,” it's essential to get out information about blackouts to those who are not fluent in Japanese. Of course, the irony is that, if one is in an area where there is a power outage, they won't be able to access Facebook anyway - except possibly through cell phones, iPads, and the like.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Sapporo, we're fortunate that we have electricity (we'd freeze without it!) as well as enough food and other essentials. It seems strange to have life going on as normal, knowing what others in the country are experiencing.</span></div><div><br />
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<b>Scheduled Blackout</b><br />
There will be a scheduled blackout (power outage) starting the morning of 3/14 in Tokyo, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Yamanashi, and Shizuoka.<br />
Areas will be divided into 5 groups and each group will experience about 3 hours of power outage.<br />
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Please refer to the <a href="http://www.tepco.co.jp/index-j.html" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TEPCO Homepage</a> (as of now, the list is only provided in Japanese) to find out which group you are in and what time the power outage will occur in your group.<br />
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Train companies have announced that there will be irregular operation, including out of service hours. <a href="http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0314/TKY201103130323.html" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Summary here</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jreast.co.jp/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">JR</a> | <a href="http://www.tokyometro.jp/emergency/13.html?width=816&height=650" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tokyo Metro</a> | <a href="http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/newsevent/news/subway/2011/sub_i_201103141_h.html" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Toei Subway/Bus</a> | <a href="http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/railway/mid/oshirase/oshirase110313-2.html" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tokyu</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=29294080&postID=688776441868214616" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"> | </a><a href="http://www.odakyu.jp/cgi-bin/user/emg/emergency_bbs.pl" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Odakyu</a> | <a href="http://www.keio.co.jp/news/update/announce/nr110313v01/index.html" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Keio</a> | <a href="http://www.tobu.co.jp/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tobu</a> | <a href="http://www.keikyu.co.jp/company/news/2011/detail/003262.html" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Keikyu</a> |<a href="http://www.keisei.co.jp/info/index.htm" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Keisei</a><br />
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Major out of services are: Tokaido Line (all day), Yokosuka Line (all day), Yokohama Line (all day), Odakyu will only operate between Kyodo to Shinjyuku (all day), Keio will only operate between Chofu and Shinjyuku (during morning and evening rush hours).<br />
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The Facebook website will not be affected by this blackout.<br />
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<b>About this box:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Facebook uses this box to provide information to foreigners and visitors in Japan for the duration of the current crisis.</i></span></div>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-79305891959538982012011-03-13T14:26:00.000+09:002011-03-13T14:26:56.595+09:00Diagnosing and Coping with PTSD<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">A friend posted this summary on his Facebook page about post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The source for the information is:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_stress_disorder/page4.htm">http://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_stress_disorder/page4.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>The following three groups of symptom criteria are required to assign the diagnosis of PTSD:</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Recurrent re-experiencing of the trauma (for example, troublesome memories, flashbacks that are usually caused by reminders of the traumatic events, recurring nightmares about the trauma and/or dissociative reliving of the trauma)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Avoidance to the point of having a phobia of places, people, and experiences that remind the sufferer of the trauma or a general numbing of emotional responsiveness<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chronic physical signs of hyperarousal, including sleep problems, trouble concentrating, irritability, anger, poor concentration, blackouts or difficulty remembering things, increased tendency and reaction to being startled, and hypervigilance (excessive watchfulness) to threat.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><b><i>How can people cope with PTSD?<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Some ways that are often suggested for PTSD patients to cope with this illness include:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">• <b>learning</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"> more about the disorder as well as <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">• <b>talking</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"> to friends, family, professionals, and PTSD survivors for support. Joining a support group may be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">• <b>reducing stress</b> by using relaxation techniques (for example, breathing exercises, positive imagery), actively participating in treatment as recommended by professionals, increasing positive lifestyle practices (for example, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">• <b>exercise, healthy eating, distracting oneself</b> through keeping a healthy work schedule if employed, volunteering whether employed or not), and <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">• <b>minimizing negative lifestyle practices</b> like substance abuse, social isolation, working to excess, and self-destructive or suicidal behaviors.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">[Thanks, Steven!]</span></div><!--EndFragment-->CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-8270409578139493332011-03-01T13:16:00.000+09:002011-03-01T13:16:44.955+09:00Kill the Bill!<ul class="commentList" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="uiUfiComment comment_1223081 ufiItem ufiItem" style="background-color: #edeff4; border-bottom-color: rgb(229, 234, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock" style="display: block; zoom: 1;"><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content" style="display: table-cell; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: top; width: 10000px;"><span data-jsid="text"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4d6c6dde0fdee0608627221" style="display: inline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I appreciated the detailed explanation of the different clauses included in Wisconsin Governor Walker's “budget repair” bill given by one of my friends, Patrick Flynn, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Vice President of Franchise Development (Midwest Region). For those in Wisconsin who are focused on only certain bits and pieces that you may agree or disagree with, it's important to know the whole bill would impact your life and the lives of your children and grandchildren.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 12px;"> </span><br />
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1. ELIMINATING MEDICAID: The Budget Repair Bill includes a little-known provision that would put complete control of the state’s Medicaid program, known as BadgerCare, in the hands of the state’s ultra-conservative Health and Human Service<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">s Secretary Dennis Smith. Smith would have the authority to “to override state Medicaid laws as [he] sees fit and institute sweeping changes” including reducing benefits and limiting eligibility. Ironically, during the 1990s it was Republicans, especially former Gov. and Bush HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, who helped develop BadgerCare into one of the country’s most innovative and generous Medicaid programs. A decade later, a new generation of radical Republicans is hoping to destroy one of Wisconsin’s “success stories.”<br />
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2. POWER PLANT PRIVATIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEGLECT: The same budget bill calls for a rapid no-bid “firesale” of all state-owned power plants. One progressive blogger called the proposal “a highlight reel of all of the tomahawk dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism” and suggested that the provision will open the way for large, politically connected corporations, like Koch Industries, to buy up the state’s power plants on the cheap. While it’s unclear whether corporations would be interested in buying the plants, a similar proposal was vetoed six years a go by Gov. Jim Doyle (D), who called the plan fiscally and environmentally irresponsible. Many of Wisconsin’s power plants are in violation of federal clean air regulations and desperately need to be upgraded and cleaned up — not dumped into the private sector.<br />
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3. DANGEROUS DRINKING WATER: Republican lawmakers have introduced bills in both the Senate and the House which would repeal a rule requiring municipal governments to disinfect their water. Conservatives have said that the clean water rule — which went into effect in December — is simply too expensive. Yet the rule only affects 12 percent of municipalities and the price may be worth it. In 1993, 104 people died and 400,000 fell sick when the Milwaukee water supply became infected. Even two decades later, the Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Board notes that 13 percent of acute gastro-intestinal illnesses in municipalities that don’t disinfect their water supplies are the result of dirty water. Municipalities can keep their water clean for as low as $10,000 per well — but apparently for the Wisconsin GOP that is too high a price to pay to keep citizens safe from deadly microorganisms.<br />
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4. DESTROYING WETLANDS: In January, Walker’s proposed regulatory reform bill exempted a parcel of wetland owned by a Republican donor from water quality standards. But the exemption was more than just an embarrassing giveaway to a GOP ally: environmental groups believe the bill’s special provision would actually affect the entire county, eliminating public hearings on proposed wetland development, short-circuiting approval of development projects, and disrupting the region’s water system.<br />
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5. FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY: Walker signed a bill this week requiring a 2/3 supermajority in the legislature to pass any tax increase. Republican lawmakers are now reportedly considering a constitutional amendment that would make the rule permanent. A similar constitutional amendment in California has been called the “source of misery” of that state’s crippling budget crisis and has forced lawmakers to “gut public education, slash social services and health care programs, close prisons, and lay off record numbers of public employees.” While claiming to “make a commitment to the future instead of [choosing] dire consequences for our children” Walker and GOP lawmakers are instead putting generations of Wisconsinites in a “fiscal strait-jacket.”<br />
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6. DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS: This week, Republican lawmakers moved forward on a bill that would require voters to present a photo ID from the DMV at the polls, making it significantly more difficult for the elderly, the disabled, college students, and rural residents to participate in elections. While Republican lawmakers insist the bill is necessary to prevent voter fraud, there have been almost no documented cases of fraudulent voting in the state. Instead, the Wisconsin State Journal writes, the GOP bill is going “overboard in limiting ballot access in a state proud of its long history of high participation in elections.”<br />
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7. CUTTING JOBS, LOSING THE FUTURE: Last fall, Walker killed an $810 billion federally funded high-speed rail project, forcing the Transportation Department to pull its funding. Walker’s decision killed 130,000 expected jobs and forced the Spanish company Talgo to close its Milwaukee factory and layoff its 40 person staff. A spokeswoman for the company told The Daily Reporter that “the state’s decision to back away from the high-speed rail project sends a terrible message to businesses considering locating in the state.”<br />
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8. STIFLING INNOVATION: In late January, Walker introduced a bill that would ban wind-powered energy from Wisconsin and exacerbate the state’s dependence on out-of-state coal. If passed, it’s estimated that the law would immediately eliminate $1.8 billion in new wind power investments and jeopardize eleven currently proposed wind projects. After a public outcry earlier this month, Walker’s bill is (for now) dead.<br />
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9. “NAKED POWER GRAB”: Earlier this month in a party-line vote, the legislature ceded “extraordinary control” of the state’s rule-making oversight process to the governor. Walker now has complete power to draft agency rules which the legislature must then either approve or reject. The law gives Walker the power to write rules for formerly independent state agencies like the state Departments of Justice and Education — and most ominously the Government Accountability Board, the state’s ethics watchdog.<br />
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10. POLITICIZING STATE AGENCIES: A provision in Walker’s budget repair bill would convert thirty-seven state employees from civil servants to political appointees — consolidating his power over state government and expanding his power to “hire, fire and move key employees to carry out his agenda.”</span></div></span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: grey; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 2px;"><span class="comment_like_1223081 fsm fwn fcg" style="color: grey; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;"></span></div></div></div></li>
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<div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content" style="display: table-cell; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: top; width: 10000px;"><span data-jsid="text"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4d6c6dde1072c0848735181" style="display: inline;">• Allows the state to take out an additional 200 million in loans, putting the state further in debt. (Page 30, Section 63)<br />
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• Cuts off all state aid to municipalities. (Page 135 – 136 Section 9211, Page 58, Section 148)<br />
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• Cuts off all state aid to<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> public K-12 schools. “About 900 million dollars total” (Page 135 – 136 Section 9211, page 58 Section 148)<br />
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• Cuts off all state aid to University Wisconsin Schools. “This will cause the tuition at UW schools to go up 26% over the next two years.” (Page 135 – 136 Section 9211)<br />
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• The state will lose 46 million in federal grants to public transit. “The federal government requires that public transit workers have collective bargaining.” (Page 63 – 109 Sections 163- 314)<br />
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• Allows the state to take 28 million from Employee Trust Fund. “This is the State Employees' Pension Fund; they will use the money to pay the State's portion of State Employee's Medical and Pension contributions until 2013.” (Page 125, Section 9115)<br />
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• In 2013 the State will no longer pay anything toward state employees' Medical and Pension Fund. State employees will be required to pay the entire cost of their Medical and Pension Fund. “Roughly about $1500 per month for each state employee.” (Page 58, Section 62.623)<br />
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• Limits the right to collectively bargain for all employees who are not public safety employees (general employees) to the subject of base wages. (Pages 63 – 109, Sections 163- 314)</span></div></span></div></div></li>
</ul>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-80309478850758404862011-02-26T14:38:00.001+09:002011-02-26T14:39:37.878+09:00The Art of Morphing Women in Art<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This incredible piece morphs one work of art into another. As <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001364883307">one friend</a> put it, “It amazes me that the faces -- even while morphing -- all remain distinctly feminine and also that many of the face of great art have a high degree of similarity.” My sister simply commented that “This is wow-worthy.”</span><br />
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You make have to click on the link to watch it directly on YouTube, but it's definitely worth watching!CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-70140488505854990412011-02-25T09:37:00.001+09:002011-02-25T09:38:53.572+09:00A Singer's Conductor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0pr4apdSS7X0g3zeUZm_g6tRZs4O8KCd30n78Cbe8OUHG-6qUtIpbUsjiE935BAQQ1goR2JnTOevH5sA0qxUsd7bLHmRypz6HKKPUWy9ZJWqsY3fNRX4-z7AfcPJmC6JSH6m0g/s1600/Joseph_Flummerfelt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0pr4apdSS7X0g3zeUZm_g6tRZs4O8KCd30n78Cbe8OUHG-6qUtIpbUsjiE935BAQQ1goR2JnTOevH5sA0qxUsd7bLHmRypz6HKKPUWy9ZJWqsY3fNRX4-z7AfcPJmC6JSH6m0g/s1600/Joseph_Flummerfelt.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Joseph Flummerfelt is the visiting conductor I had the privilege of making music with in Italy. This article does well at explaining why he has been admired and respected by so many over the years: </i></span><a href="http://www.kcindependent.com/2010/03/joseph%E2%80%99s-many-colors-umkc-flummerfelt-residency-will-culminate-in-performance-of-brahms%E2%80%99-choral-masterpiece/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Joseph's Many Colors</i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I totally agree with the comment by a former student of his. “One of his natural traits is his ability to inspire and discipline a group. He has an incredible presence in the room, as well as exquisite ears, and of course a comprehensive knowledge of the choral repertoire.” There is magic in the room when Joseph conducts: “He stands on the podium and casts spells from the big book.”</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I sincerely hope that I'll be able to experience that magic again some day!</i></span>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-33884190741849903502011-02-23T18:48:00.000+09:002011-02-23T18:48:50.488+09:00Addiction to FacebookHow addicted am I to Facebook? I thought the results would be much higher!<br />
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Created by <a href="http://theoatmeal.com/">Oatmeal</a>CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29294080.post-62436493584516015162011-02-17T18:53:00.000+09:002011-02-17T18:53:06.278+09:00My ReligionAccording to the<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">2. New Age (98%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">3. New Thought (95%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">4. Taoism (87%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">5. Hinduism (86%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">6. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (82%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">7. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (79%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">8. Jainism (79%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">9. Neo-Pagan (78%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">10. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">11. Scientology (71%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">12. Theravada Buddhism (63%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">13. Secular Humanism (56%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">14. Sikhism (56%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">15. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestant (55%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">16. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (48%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">17. Reform Judaism (42%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">19. Non-theist (20%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">20. Baha’i (17%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">21. Jehovah’s Witness (17%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">22. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">23. Orthodox Judaism (15%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">24. Eastern Orthodox (10%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">25. Islam (10%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">26. Roman Catholic (10%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;">27. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (10%)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Note: The site gets low points in terms of spelling and punctuation (e.g., Bahai rather than Baha'i, and a space before the % mark). Also, the list is inconsistent in that it's a mixture of beliefs (Taoism) and believers (Roman Catholic). However, its accuracy was otherwise uncanny.</i></span></span></div><!--EndFragment-->CAtaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882233586072541414noreply@blogger.com0