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On Friday morning, Dec. 20, three major news organizations published the latest revelations in the surveillance scandal that held the world's attention throughout 2013. In articles posted by The Guardian, The New York Times, and Der Spiegel, we learned that the NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ had been spying on a variety people and organizations that had no plausible connection to terrorism — confirmation that our surveillance targets had included, among others, business and economic interests.
The stories were all based on the same documents, leaked earlier in the year to journalists by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. And they were yet another shoe dropping in a saga that shows no signs of dwindling public attention. If the governments running this massive surveillance dragnet were hoping the issue would fade away, they are surely now understanding that it won't happen anytime soon.
The Snowden revelations are a classic example of journalistic critical mass. The journalists covering them have used the documents to identify and amplify an issue of such importance and scope that it doesn't flame up and out in the manner of most stories. Rather, this one has gained weight in the public sphere as time goes on, in what Jay Rosen aptly calls the "Snowden Effect."
In 2014 and beyond, journalists should be inspired by the Snowden effect. They should focus more on critical mass — how to achieve it and how to sustain it. If journalism is to matter, we can't just raise big topics. We have to spread them, and then sustain them.
It used to be that the daily newspaper — whether a national daily like the Times or a community paper — could do this simply by putting a story on Page 1. TV news broadcasts and programs like 60 Minutes (back when when they did actual journalism) could also put things on the public agenda.
But in a world of increasingly fragmented media creation, critical mass is more difficult. Social networks — viral marketing — can help. It isn't enough, however, except in the rarest of circumstances, and it can go badly wrong (see Kony), though it can help.
Achieving genuine critical mass obliges journalists to rethink old traditions, especially competitive ones. "Exclusives" can be counterproductive if they lead other journalists to ignore or downplay the news, whether out of jealousy or inability to get the confirming source material for their own coverage.
The NSA revelations were different because the journalists who received the documents, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, gave some of them to a variety of news organizations. And at least one of those news organizations, The Guardian (disclosure: I write a weekly column for its U.S. website), further shared what it had, in part to prevent U.K. authorities from shutting down the coverage. Moreover, the journalists and organizations have paced themselves in revealing new information every week or two, in a drumbeat that reveals one stunning piece of news after another.
This nearly unprecedented level of cooperation has turned a multimedia, multi-organization journalistic epic. It's almost like a great weekly TV show, where we look forward to the latest installment, expecting a new twist in each episode.
Journalists will increasingly recognize the value of collaboration and cooperation — and of shedding their old "not invented here" attitudes. They'll understand that bringing vital information to the public is, in part, a campaign and not just an act of publishing.
We'll be campaigning to get people's attention. We'll be keeping the heat on the bad guys, and celebrating the things that work, enthusiastically if not relentlessly.
This won't be only for national and global issues. At the local level, critical mass will be even harder to achieve, perhaps, given the way local newspapers have withered and the way local TV "news" is mostly a cynical, crime-driven exercise. Local information providers of all kinds, including bloggers, Facebook page managers and others who care about their communities, will share what they know, and will leverage traditional methods of organizing to get the public to focus on things that matter.
Of all the things we're losing in the crumbling of traditional media institutions, critical mass would be the most difficult to replace if we don't re-imagine what's possible and re-think our approach. The Snowden effect — and the journalists who've made it possible — show what can happen when we do.
Dan Gillmor teaches digital media literacy at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Monk is called upon by old friend Sherry Judd (actress Donna Bullock)
to solve a mystery. Monk had a huge crush on her when they were
classmates in junior high school. In the present, burglars break into
her home when she is not there, and kill the housekeeper, but appear
not to have stolen anything. However, on the way out they inexplicably
spray paint a mustache and goatee on a prized painting. The police are
stumped, so Sherry comes for help to Monk, who demonstrated his
detective brilliance to her years earlier.
In flashbacks, we see young Monk's agony as he longs for the teen girl, who is friendly but seems impossibly out of reach. When young Sherry is accused of the theft of the bake sale money, young Monk (actor Grant Rosenmeyer), convinced of Sherry's innocence, tackles what may be his first case, and of course his brilliant insights save her from the clever scheming of the bully who framed her.
Natalie can see that Monk still has feelings for Sherry, and encourages him to make his move, but unfortunately Monk as an adult has as little self-confidence with women as he did as a teen.
Any episode where you get to see Monk as a child is a winner, and this one does not disappoint. His mother (actress Rose Abdoo) does a tidy job of suggesting to the audience where some of Monk's personality quirks come from. Any real fan of Monk will make seeing this episode a top priority.
Monk solves all mysteries, past and present, but loses out on the lady under circumstances eerily similar to what happened in the past.
Dr. Kimble gets information leading him to believe the one-armed man is
in Chicago. Kimble goes there and cannot find him, so he contacts
newspaper columnist Mike Decker (actor Pat Hingle), who has previously
written favorably to Kimble, for assistance. Kimble is wary, but Decker
convinces him that he is on Kimble's side, and that he with the
resources of his paper can find his quarry. Decker has Kimble hide out
at his apartment while his wife is out of town.
Decker's editor agrees to give financial assistance, but only if Decker guarantees a big story, either the capture of the one-armed man, or the capture of Kimble. Decker hides this info from Kimble, and proceeds to make an all-out effort to find the one-armed man.
Decker's alcoholic wife Paula (actress Nan Martin) comes home early from the alcohol treatment center, and warns Kimble that while she is strongly on his side, Decker cannot be completely trusted. Once Lt. Gerard learns of Decker's efforts, he comes to town to pressure Decker for information and assistance, and Decker struggles with himself over what to do.
Decker's efforts do uncover the one-armed man. Kimble sees him for the first time since the night of the murder, but he gets away, and Kimble, after a close call, must flee empty-handed.
Before Monk's college reunion, a beloved school nurse is murdered. Monk
attends the reunion and, of course, solves the murder, and also saves
the life of a classmate in danger. There are frequent flashbacks to
Monk's college days.
This is a great episode, marred only by the plot device of an improbable talent Monk has of being able to tell what is written when someone uses his back as a table on which to write a note.
In this episode, we get to see Monk's first meeting with Trudy, and the blossoming of their relationship. In a sweet and poignant subplot, he triumphs over competition who is much smoother than he. We also get to see how the other college students viewed Monk, and how he got the nickname "Captain Cool." Sadly, but appropriately, it was not because they admired his hipness.
A hilarious moment occurs when Capt. Stottlemeyer is exposed for his role in an unpopular police action in his younger days. The episode is worth watching for that alone.
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The Empty Chair is an outstanding first episode that captures the
essence of The Untouchables. After Al Capone is sent to prison, his
enforcer Frank Nitti, portrayed with unparalleled skill by actor Bruce
Gordon, schemes to take over the gang. He machine guns his chief
competitors, gangsters Volpe and Raddi, in a barber shop in front of
the owner and another barber, Enrico Rossi (actor Nicholas Georgiade).
The owner, terribly frightened, denies Rossi's account of Nitti being
the killer, scuttling any prosecution of Nitti, but leading Rossi to
join the Untouchables.
Nitti tries to bully the other gang members into accepting his taking over "the empty chair" left by the departure of Capone, but Nitti, though the toughest and most vicious of the bunch, is stymied by the cleverness and courage of Capone's accountant Jake Guzik (actor Nehemiah Persoff). Much of the episode deals with the maneuvering of these two strong personalities with their very different approaches.
Ness's schemes to get the gangsters at each other's throats are defeated by the clever Jake Guzik. Ness then plots to get the cooperation of former stripper "Brandy LaFrance," real name Barbara Ritchie (actress Barbara Nichols), whose late husband George was murdered by gangsters, and whose uncle happens to be Jake Guzik.
Guzik, getting word that his niece was seen at the federal building, calls on fellow gangster Phil D'Andrea for help, but Ness is too clever, and too good a shot, for the gangsters to prevail.
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Gangster Theodore Newberry, strongly portrayed by actor Ken Lynch, is
suave, confident, wealthy, and well-connected. His vicious chief
assistant, Jerry Fanning, is played by a young Martin Landau. Fanning
is a hopped-up, nervous drug addict with a stutter.
A federal inquiry into Newberry's empire of alcohol, gambling, prostitution and bribery depends on a single witness, the meek accountant Julius Imbry. Newberry sends Fanning to kill him, but instead, "the city hall boys," unwilling to be fingered for accepting bribes, but less murderous than Newberry, kidnap Imbry from protective custody and get him out of town.
Newberry develops a plan to get Imbry and Ness, and ruin the Untouchables. He uses a confederate and his own newspaper to create and publicize a fake bribery scheme to embarrass Ness. Learning that Imbry is in Mexico, he has his Mexican contacts seize Imbry, then lures Ness to Mexico to rescue him. Ness brings Spanish speaking agent Nick Delgado (actor Vince Edwards, who later played Ben Casey). Newberry sends Jerry Fanning down to make sure that Ness and Imbry are killed and their corpses put out to sea, so that it looks like Ness has taken a payoff and disappeared.
Ness falls into a trap laid by Newberry's confederate in Mexico, Achilles Guzman (actor Rodolfo Hoyos), but his wariness saves him. Delgado gets to Imbry, who was being held by Guzman's man Max Charcas, and Fanning traps them both, but is disturbed that he has not caught Ness. Working separately, Ness and Delgado save Imbry and return him to testify against Newberry. Newberry, having received a telegram proclaiming success, arrives confidently at the hearing, only to learn that it was Ness, not Fanning, who sent him the message.
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This is one of the best episodes. Veteran actor William Bendix puts in
an outstanding performance as vicious gangster Wally Legenza, head of
the Tri-State Gang. The gang makes most of its money by hijacking
trucks. Just to be safe, Wally routinely murders the helpless victims.
The other gang members are afraid of him, and rightly so.
Wally explodes when he learns that gang member Big Bill Phillips (actor Alan Hale, Jr., later the Skipper on Gilligan's Island) is seeing a woman, the delightfully French-accented Lizzie Dauphine (actress Roxane Berard) from Montreal. While the audience is charmed by this likable, attractive couple, Wally's attitude is different: women are trouble. His orders are that you see them one night, then send them on their way. When Big Bill misses a meeting and Wally tracks him down at Lizzie's apartment, Big Bill urges Wally to have a drink and be friends with him and his girl. Wally coldly advises them that he doesn't need any friends.
Crime surely doesn't pay for this sorry group, including actors Gavin McLeod as Artie and Jay Adler as Georgie, who live cooped up in small rooms eating carry-out and playing chess and cards, pushed around by Wally Legenza, can't even go out on a date, yet are in constant danger of an early death.
After Big Bill is killed by Ness in a shootout, Wally decides that Lizzie must be killed, since she knows who he is. When the hit is botched, Wally decides that the gang must get out of town, but they are short on money. Wally orders a high stakes plan for the gang to make some real money with a kidnapping for ransom, which ultimately leads to their downfall.
Kimble is working at a construction company run by Buck Harmon (actor
Jack Klugman). He has persuaded Buck to hire Jamie (actor Buck Taylor),
who is of below-normal intelligence. The other workers pick on Jamie,
and Kimble tries to protect him. Buck's wife Ruth (actress Elizabeth
Allen) lives with Buck at the worksite. She helps Jamie to learn to
read and they become close. She has no children of her own, and Jamie
is like a child to her.
Ruth dresses sexily and attracts the attention of the men at the worksite. A man attacks her in the shower and leaves her unconscious. Her screams were heard by a neighbor, who sees Jamie leaving.
Jamie runs away, and everyone but Kimble is convinced of his guilt. Workers get their guns to hunt him down. From their talk Kimble fears they will kill Jamie. Kimble must protect Jamie, but this puts him up against Buck, who like the workers is convinced of Jamie's guilt.
In this exciting thriller, Kimble works at a New Mexico gas station
when two young thugs, Miles (actor Chris Robinson) and Vinnie (actor
Lou Antonio) rob the place. Miles shoots and kills the owner, and the
thieves take off with two hostages, Kimble and Joanne Spencer (actress
Brenda Vaccaro), a customer at the station.
Miles is excited by killing and wants to kill Joanne. Kimble, desperate to save the young lady as well as make his own escape, poses as an experienced older criminal. Vinnie is impressed with Kimble's helpful advice and self-confident criminal leadership, which keeps Kimble alive and gives him to opportunity to advise on the need to keep the hostage alive. Miles, however, repeatedly comes into conflict with Kimble and wants to kill him as well as Joanne.
Upon learning the thieves are going to Hollywood, Kimble leads them on with false promises of sharing in a big score on a heist he had planned in Los Angeles. Joanne, who is devastated and frightened by what has happened to her, begins to trust Kimble, but her faith is shaken when the newspaper reveals who he is. Despite Joanne's distrust, Kimble must protect her from the increasingly homicidal urges of Miles. With the cops closing in, and the criminals ever more desperate, Kimble faces danger from all sides.
Kimble, working as a farmworker, is disliked and distrusted by the
others, who suspect him of being a cop or immigration agent. Paco
(actor Alejandro Rey), an illegal immigrant, is one of his tormentors.
A forest fire emergency leads to Kimble and others working on fire control. Paco's wife, Maria, follows the men to the fire scene. She goes into labor and is seen by the nurse, Doris (actress Beverly Garland), at the first-aid tent. The nurse declares Maria needs emergency surgery, but there is no doctor, and the fire has cut off the roads. Kimble wants to help, but an eager radio news reporter is snooping around and threatens to uncover his identity.
Richard Kimble is working in a menial position at a sports arena when a
boxer's manager fires the cut man and replaces him with Kimble. Actor
James Edwards, as boxer Joe Smith, gives an intense performance as a
man who once dreamed of being a doctor, but decided that boxing would
give him a better chance at a decent life as a black man living in a
white man's world.
An assistant, Dan Digby (actor Hari Rhodes) is against Kimble from the start, because he replaced his friend as cut man, and because Kimble seems to be moving into a position of confidence with Smith.
Smith's wife Laura (actress Ruby Dee) wants her husband to quit boxing and become a doctor, fearing he will be injured or killed in the ring, but this is strongly opposed by Smith's manager Bragan (actor James Dunn), and by Dan. Smith is suffering from the results of past beatings in the ring, making it unwise for him to continue boxing, something quickly picked up by Kimble. Kimble is caught between Smith, Laura, Dan, Bragan, and a policeman posing as a sports reporter, investigating everyone in Smith's camp.
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"Traditional company please change "
- Work/Life Balance
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
I have been working at AXA Financial
it does provide work life balance
not open to change. thought process of the senior management needs to be changed
Advice to Management
accept fresh ideas
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"Politically charged environment "
- Work/Life Balance
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
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I worked at AXA FinancialDoesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEODoesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEO
The company had a great benefits package and you walk in the door with almost 5 weeks vacation.
senior management turnover is extremely high and it is very clear that they only have their own interests at heart. If you get promoted beyond director level, be careful as you may soon be shown the exit.
Advice to Management
Listen to your employees. Those on the ground day in and day out know what's really going on.
I have been working at AXA FinancialRecommendsNo opinion of CEORecommendsNo opinion of CEO
Very good internship to get your foot in the door in the financial industry. Every time i have an interview now, this is the main topic of what gets talked about.
Some work is rather boring, at first you have to file lots of hard copy documents into a computer based system which isn't very exciting.
Advice to Management
The experience I've had with AXA Financial has been a good one. Everyone I work with is always nice and very considerate.


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To keep with spirit of the season I made this USB-Powered Apple. It is really quite a simple device. It vibrates when a person grabs for it and does not vibrate when a person does not. Unlike your family, this apple is predictable and may relieve stress.
Step 1: Go get stuff
1 - Apple (real or otherwise)
1 - Vibrating motor (preferably 1" diameter... DIY vibrating motor)
1 - 1+1/4" diameter PVC pipe (or to fit your motor)
1 - Water bottle cap (should your motor not fit snug inside the pipe)
1 - Copper foil (the thinnest sheet of copper you can find)
1 - USB cable
1 - QT113H capacitance sensor chip
1 - 8 pin socket (optional)
1 - 0.047uF polyester film capacitor
1 - 2222 transistor
1 - 1N4004 diode
1 - PC Board Grid-Style (Radioshack 276-150)
1 - 5" shielded wire
1 - red and black 22 AWG wire
1 - Electrical tape
- Soldering iron
- Exacto knife
- Pocket knife
- Hot glue gun
- Drill or awl
- Needle nose pliers
Step 2: Carve a lid in the bottom.
The lid should be slightly wider than the PVC pipe that you want to encase your motor inside of.
Step 3: Hollow out the apple.
Step 4: Prepare the plug.
Once your wire is cut, make a hole in the side of the apple towards the base as thick as the wire. This hole should bore through until it hits the cylindrical hole you have already carved out. You can do this very carefully with a drill or an awl. Once the hole is complete, pass the wire through.
Step 5: Build the circuit.
Once the board is prepared, construct on it the circuit shown below. Note that the copper electrode should be connected to the circuit with shielded wire. The shielding should be connected to ground on the circuit, but not by any means touch the electrode.
Step 6: Construct the motor casing.
Now that the motor casing is built, it's time to wrap your electrode (copper sheet) around the outside. Solder and/or glue the electrode into place.
Step 7: Stuff the apple.
Should you want to increase the sensitivity of your apple, you can strip small sections of wire and pass them through the apple so that they are situated right below the skin's surface. Make sure that enough of the wire is sticking out within the cylinder so that when you pass the motor in, these wires will make contact with the electrode (but not so long that they will get caught in the spinning motor itself).
Step 8: Testing testing... 1 2 3...
Plug it in.
Nothing should happen.
Now put your hand around it.
It should vibrate.
If you plug it in and it starts to vibrate and never stops then you can have one of many problems:
1. Your wiring is wrong.
2. Somewhere on the circuit wires are being crossed.
3. Ground wires are making contact with your electrode.
4. You have not used shielded cable for your electrode.
5. You have wired your shielded cable wrong.
If you plug it and nothing happens and then when you touch it nothing still happens:
1. Your wiring is wrong.
2. Somewhere on the circuit wires are being crossed.
3. Your chip or transistor may be dead.
4. Your USB cable is busted.
If you plug it in and it vibrates for 10 seconds every time you touch it then you probably are not using shielded electrode wire. The sensor is timing out and recallibrating itself every time it is triggered. Use shielded cable or fix your wiring.
Step 9: Close it up.
The USB port puts out about as much current as 3 AA batteries in series... I wouldn't worry too much about it.
When I made Tazer Tag (http://a.parsons.edu/~randy/tag), people were getting shocked by 80 - 120 volts at around 10mA. I couldn't ever recommend doing such a thing to yourself or others.
In short, I would venture to say that anything that is both under 800mA and 12v is nothing to worry about.


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On November 18, Asahi released its new Fuji-san Vanadium Natural Water Hot, apparently banking on the idea that regular convenience store-going human beings would both a) know what Vanadium is, and b) actually want to consume just plain hot water out of a bottle.
While out shopping the other day, I picked up a bag of prewashed rice. The grocery store was having a sale, so it was just as cheap as the unwashed kinds, and I figured, "Hey, there's no advantage to having to rinse it myself is there?"
But as it turns out, the water left over after you wash the rice, called togijiru in Japanese, is actually pretty useful, as shown by these five ways you can reuse it instead of just dumping it down the sink.
Which is worse, hair in your mayonnaise or mayonnaise in your hair? Assuming you haven't actually eaten any, hair in your mayo is actually a pretty easy problem to rectify. You either toss the jar out, or you make lunch for any of your sworn enemies who'd accept a surprise sandwich from you despite your less than friendly relationship.
Mayonnaise in your hair, on the other hand, means you yourself are dirty though, and you've got to stop whatever you're doing (such as crafting diabolical plots against your aforementioned enemies) to go and shampoo, right?
Actually, you don't, according to people in Japan who say spreading a little mayo on your hair is actually good for it.
I hate winter. 20-plus years of living in sunny southern California didn't do anything to help me build up a tolerance for cold weather, and honestly, if I could make like the bears and just gorge myself on salmon for a few weeks and then sleep until spring, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Unfortunately, since hibernation isn't really an option, I have to rely on a blanket and down comforter to make it through the freezing winter nights. Even still, the cold often leaves me shivering (plus grumbling, cursing, and generally complaining).
As it turns out, though, instead of blaming Old Man Winter for all my discomfort, I'm actually part of the problem, according to Japanese experts who say I've been using my comforter and blanket the wrong way.
Let's say you love looking at the moon. You're enchanted by its beautifully full and round shape, and sometimes you find it so enticing you'd like to reach out and touch it (with its permission, of course).
But all that ardent admiration still doesn't mean you actually know anything about the moon, does it?
That's not too far from the relationship some men have with women's breasts, according to this list of 11 things Japanese women wish more men understood about their chests.
With a couple of months having passed since summer vacation, many of us are feeling the need for a few days off. After all, who doesn't like getting away from their workaday routine for the liberating excitement of a few days taking a trip someplace new, like North Korea?
But if your short-term travel wish list includes a trip to the northern reaches of the Korean Peninsula, you might want to postpone your departure, because as of October 24, no foreign tourists are getting in, due to a new government policy to prevent the spread of Ebola to the communist country.
There are certain topics that although you may be interested in, one just doesn't bring up in polite company, the least of which being the regularity of a country's bowel movements. But luckily our poop-curious friends over at Glico (as in the major Japanese snack company) recently completed a survey about constipation that gives us a very personal look at the health of Japan's number two habits. The aptly named "Lifestyle and Constipation" survey has revealed which Japanese prefectures are keeping things downstairs regular and which ones are all clogged up.
I spent two winter seasons working in the hospital emergency room (as a translator) in Niseko, a popular Hokkaido snow holiday destination for foreigners. While we had our share of broken bones from ski and boarding accidents, what impressed upon me most was the number of people who get ill while on vacation. There were just as many sudden illnesses as snow-related accidents–everything from gastrointestinal disorders to ear infections and first-time asthma attacks which too many times put people in the emergency room.
The good news is that most of these illnesses can be avoided, but different cultures pose different health risks and knowing what to watch out for beforehand can be tricky, if not impossible. In this article, I'll share some tips on how to stay healthy while traveling in Japan in wintertime, based on my experience working with hundreds of foreigners who ended up in hospital on their vacations.
By following some simple (but not necessarily so obvious) rules, we aim to keep our snow-loving Rocketeers out of Japan's hospitals and flying down the slopes in all their glory instead!
So, usually when it comes to burgers in Japan, we prefer to let the talented burger artists at famous fast food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and especially Lotteria do their thing – because it usually results in crazy squid ink burgers, nine-patty monstrosities, and other 6th grade science experiment-esque monstrosities.
But McDonald's has slowly been unveiling a tech- and customer-savvy new way of dealing burgers with its limited run of "Create a Burger" options at select stores.
Ever felt like you needed a little company or affection but didn't want to go through the hassle of actually interacting with another human being face-to-face?
You might go for a new pet – a dog, cat, or, in even the creepiest of circumstances, an exotic reptile – or you might head to an online chatroom, some kind of hotline, a mobile app, or maybe even one of those newfangled virtual schoolgirl ogling simulators.
Or, if you're a misunderstood serial killer, maybe you'd instead go for one of these incredibly disconcerting hugging clown chairs.
When I first moved to Japan in college, every weekend meant a party and a new group of people to meet, with a standard set of questions I got asked. The logic behind "What's your name?" was obvious, and "Where are you from?" also makes sense when you're one of the few non-Japanese people in the room. "Do you like Japanese girls?" was another common one, based on the widely held, if not always true, theory that foreign guys like Japanese women, and vice-versa.
Those three always came first, but it wasn't long until someone would want to know my blood type. No, my school wasn't filled with vampires or hemophiliacs, nor hemophiliac vampires (the most tragic undead demographic). People just wanted to get a sneak peak at my personality, which is thought to be strongly connected to what runs through your veins by many people in Japan.
One man who's not a believer, though, is Professor Kengo Nawata from Kyushu University's Social Psychology Department, whose recently concluded research shows no correlation between personality and blood type.
In some ways, Sailor Moon is a strange choice for a character to build an anime franchise around. Her natural tendency is to be lazy and whiney, which isn't exactly what you'd expect from a magical heroine.
But what endears Sailor Moon to so many fans is that, when the chips are down, she's loyal and brave. Whether you're being attacked by monsters or just feeling down in the dumps about bombing your math test, she'll be with you through any rough times.
That's a promise that even extends to when you're on your period, thanks to new Sailor Moon menstrual pads. No, seriously.
Imagine for a moment that you're a man with unlimited wealth, who no longer has to do anything for himself. Your financial planner manages your investments, freeing you from having to do any sort of day-to-day work. Likewise, your personal assistant handles all of your shopping and household maintenance needs.
But being filthy rich is no excuse for being filthy dirty. Of course, given your economic status, personal grooming seems just a little below the tasks you should be required to perform, doesn't it? The only sensible thing to do is to employ a team of beautiful models expressly for the purpose of giving you a shampoo while they whisper suggestive nothings into your ear.
Okay, daydream's over. Time to go back to reality…or is it? If you're in Tokyo this weekend, and feeling like your scalp could use a good scrub from some scantily clad women, there's an event where you can live out that exact fantasy.
So today, we're going to talk about something that has a sizeable cult following in Japan: dakimakura, also known as huggy pillows.
Hey, where's everybody going? Come back! This isn't about pillows with covers depicting anime girls in various state of undress (not that such things don't exist in awkwardly huge quantities in Japan). Instead, we're taking a look at ordinary, undecorated pillows with an extra-large size that're designed to be embraced as you fall asleep. Not only won't you have to hide them when you've got company coming over, they've actually got a number of health benefits, say fans of non-anime dakimakura.
If you've ever experienced an Asian summer, you'll know how unbearably hot and humid it can be. In Thailand, where summer temperatures often stay above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees F) and can reach 100% humidity, keeping body temperatures down becomes a priority not only for people, but for our furry friends as well.
Clever canines know to beat the heat by hanging outside local convenience stores, where there's shade, a cold surface to lie on, and best of all, a steady flow of traffic to open the automatic doors, releasing precious, steady gusts of cool, conditioned air. But there's more…
At first glance, the sleek packaging of these pantie liners for men looks like a mocked-up image that could have been made as a joke. It looks almost identical to the packaging of some (women's) liners, except that the branding is silver and dark navy. The product is real and can be purchased in Japan. And unlike bras and panties for men, the market it's targeting isn't niche.
When crazy ideas work, they can be genius. And if that little spark of genius makes our working day just that little bit easier to get through, it's got to be applauded and shared.
So, without further ado, we bring you the foot hammock. With benefits for your physical and emotional well-being, there's never been an easier way to rest your body and your mind while at work.
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I used to think it was kind of strange how every summer so many women in Japan carry parasols, as though the whole country suddenly slipped back in time to the 19th century. I soon came to understand that this isn't due to any sort of classic image of propriety or fashion sense, but simply because Japan can be mercilessly hot in the summer, when high temperatures and humidity can make walking around a concrete heat island like Tokyo for too long not just uncomfortable but dangerous.
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Minister Louis Farrakhan and Tyler Perry as Madea.
Tyler Perry's most famous creation, Madea, has an unlikely fan — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
The controversial minister addressed the polarizing comedic character during his regular 'Farrakan Speaks' sit-downs with the staff of The Final Call, the Nation's newsletter.
"I have never seen his portrayal of Madea as a man cross-dressing. I saw his wonderful portrayal of Madea as bringing to the forefront the strongest person in the history of our sojourn in America, and that is Madea," he said, according to News One.
"That strong, black woman who was the cornerstone of her family. She always was that figure that guidance [of] correction, reprimand, discipline, and Tyler Perry brought her to the screen in funny ways, but what I was seeing was the greatness of the strong, black woman who saw us through, from yesterday until today."
Farrakhan went on to favorably compare Perry to Imam W. Deen Muhammad, the son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad.
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By playful karen on November 27, 2012
What Are You Creating?*
This isn't a direct answer to the chosen question here, but to start, I just want to say that I am very grateful for this past holiday weekend that afforded me and my family some much needed downtime! We made the most of our time together eating (of course!,) enjoying the great outdoors, taking in a movie, and, I for one, took the opportunity to disconnect from technology for the weekend, which was unusual and very relaxing!
And… that bit of gratitude is what has led to the answer to today's question of 'what are you creating?' Bryan and I got to spend some time thinking and talking about what we set out to create with Playful Planet. So much of our inspiration for creating this company was to create a way to support our family that also supports the lifestyle that we desired to create for us in our relationship, our family and our community. We set out to create a way that we could be doing something meaningful in the world without losing sight of our connection to each other and our daughter. We were excited to continue to work for ourselves (both having been independent contractors for much of our careers,) so that we could have flexibility in our schedules that doesn't always come with more traditional career choices.
This past weekend we got to look at where we are achieving what we set out to accomplish and where we are falling short. In many ways we are doing a lot of what we intended – the most important being bringing a quality product to children to help inspire them to healthy lifestyles at a young age. And we were able to see where what we are 'up against' is VERY familiar to entrepreneurs (as witnessed in this great article that talks about entrepreneurs being like the Pilgrims.)
In taking stock of where we are at today, we simply got clear that we have been allowing our work life to dictate our schedules and trying to fit in the things that feed us emotionally, mentally and spiritually around the needs of the business. What we talked about, and what we are creating now, is the space to put our well-being first (for me it means making sure I take time to meditate in the morning AND get regular exercise,) so that there is more to give when it comes time to get to work! It is the old oxygen mask analogy — place your mask on first before attempting to help anyone else.
I think that this stance is so important in so many facets of life, including career, family, child-rearing and being a contributing member of a community. I am taking on creating more balance in my life.
What Are You Creating?*
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Louisiana Tech is now autobid or bust after losing to New Mexico State
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Louisiana Tech is the latest in a long line of bubble teams that suffered painful losses over the last week, as New Mexico State trounced them by 18 points in Las Cruces on Thursday night.
The Bulldogs entered the night hanging onto their bubble hopes by the slimmest of margins, celebrating every time a team like Kentucky lost to Georgia, or UMass lost to Butler, or Virginia lost to Boston College. While LTU still has a 26-4 record, they have done so by beating up on a schedule full of teams that, frankly, weren't all that good.
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Southern Miss, who hasn't beaten team ranked higher than 67th in the RPI this season.
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And while Virginia and Kentucky and UMass still have a chance at an at-large bid, the difference for LTU is that they are the best team in the conference. They won't have a chance to add wins over the likes of Miami or Florida or St. Louis to their resume.
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Differential involvement of cortical muscarinic and NMDA receptors in short- and long-term taste aversion memory
Article first published online: 11 OCT 2002
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02174.x
European Journal of Neuroscience
Volume 16, Issue 6, pages 1139–1145, September 2002
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Ferreira, G., Gutiérrez, R., De la Cruz, V. and Bermúdez-Rattoni, F. (2002), Differential involvement of cortical muscarinic and NMDA receptors in short- and long-term taste aversion memory. European Journal of Neuroscience, 16: 1139–1145. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02174.x
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- Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
- Article first published online: 11 OCT 2002
- Received 14 May 2002, revised 10 July 2002, accepted 11 July 2002
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- acetylcholine;
- conditioned taste aversion;
- glutamate;
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- long-term memory;
- short-term memory;
- Wistar rats
In conditioned taste aversion, an animal avoids a taste previously associated with toxic effects, and this aversive memory formation requires an intact insular cortex. In this paper, we investigated the possible differential involvement of cholinergic and glutamatergic receptors in the insular cortex in short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM) of taste aversion in rats. Taste aversion was induced by intraperitoneal administration of lithium chloride (a malaise-inducing drug) 15 min after experience with an unfamiliar taste. In order to test STM and LTM of taste aversion, taste stimulus was again presented 4 h and 72 h after lithium injection, respectively. During the acquisition, microinjection of the muscarinic antagonist, scopolamine, in the insular cortex before, but not after, the presentation of the new taste, abolished STM as well as LTM. Blockade of the NMDA receptor, in the insular cortex, by AP5 before, but not after, the presentation of the taste stimulus, impaired LTM but left STM intact. Moreover, when injected 1 h after malaise induction (i.e., during taste–illness association), AP5 disrupted both STM and LTM. These results suggest that activation of muscarinic receptors in the insular cortex is involved in the acquisition of taste memory, whereas NMDA receptors participate in taste memory consolidation. These data demonstrate that different neurochemical mechanisms subserve different memory phases. NMDA receptors are also probably involved in processing the visceral input, thus allowing subsequent taste–illness association. This indicates that in the same cortical area the same neurotransmitter system can be involved in distinct processes: taste memory consolidation vs. taste–illness association.


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When I heard that 33 students from Virgina Tech University lost their lives to a gunman who went on a student shooting spree - all I could do was stare at my computer screen and fight back the tears.
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It isn't cheap to build state-of-the-art wastewater treatment and surface water treatment plants to meet stringent state and federal clean water standards.
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As an entertainer, he goes by the name Esteban. The up-and-coming singer, songwriter and soon-to-be psychology major at the California State University in Sacramento has brought his solo act to the San Joaquin County Fair.
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Avid gardeners will find many freebies to take home and plenty of gardening ideas at the San Joaquin County Fair which is wrapping up its final day today from noon to 7 p.m.
Scenes from Saturday's Children's Art in the Park conducted by the Manteca Junior Women's Club at Library Park. Co-sponsoring the event were the Mayor's Committee on the Arts, City of Manteca, and the Manteca Parks and Recreation Commission.
Building on the success of last year's event, The Commons at Union Ranch will again hold its "Dancing with the Manteca Stars" competition. The free event, which celebrates the second anniversary of the assisted living community, takes place on Friday, June 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. and is open to the public.
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SDL, a provider of Global Information Management solutions, has announced that its Web Content Management Solutions division has entered into a strategic partnership with Netbiscuits, the world's leading publishing platform for mobile sites and apps.
This partnership will expand SDL's multi-channel mobile marketing solutions, enabling organizations to provide a mobile-friendly and compliant brand experience for their customers, quickly and easily. Under the agreement SDL will license the Netbiscuits cloud platform and integrate it seamlessly with SDL Tridion, the best-of-breed Web Engagement Management platform. Netbiscuits and SDL Web Content Management Solutions division have a clear fit in terms of enterprise class solutions, global coverage and partner network.
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Netbiscuits enables you to develop, publish and monetize cross-platform mobile sites and apps. Our world leading cloud software platform serves the mobile Internet services for premium online, media and retail companies such as eBay, Universal Music, MTV Networks, HSN and Axel Springer, as well as leading agencies such as SapientNitro, Publicis, Razorfish and Ogilvy. Globally Netbiscuits processes more than 3.5 billion mobile page deliveries for its customers each month. Founded in 2000, the company has 90 employees in the USA, Germany, UK and Singapore.
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The Internet of Things is not only adding billions of sensors and billions of terabytes to the Internet. It is also forcing a fundamental change in the way we envision Information Technology. For the first time, more data is being created by devices at the edge of the Internet rather than from centralized systems. What does this mean for today's IT professional? In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists addressed this very serious issue of profound change in the industry.
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The enterprise market will drive IoT device adoption over the next five years. In his session at @ThingsExpo, John Greenough, an analyst at BI Intelligence, division of Business Insider, analyzed how companies will adopt IoT products and the associated cost of adopting those products. John Greenough is the lead analyst covering the Internet of Things for BI Intelligence- Business Insider's paid research service. Numerous IoT companies have cited his analysis of the IoT. Prior to joining BI Intelligence, he worked analyzing bank technology for Corporate Insight and The Clearing House Payment...
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