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Friday, July 30, 2010
7 Creepy Asian Toilet Commercials
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Asians are years ahead of the West when it comes to toilet technology, and I’ve got the creepy commercials to prove it.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Beijing Wary Of Rising Tide Of Veterans’ Discontent
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China has embarked on an ambitious program to streamline its military, cutting manpower and improving technology. But some demobilized soldiers have fallen through the cracks and have taken to the streets to protest lack of jobs, health care and other benefits. It is a seldom-seen aspect of China’s military modernization that has the Chinese government worried.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Best Improvements in Starcraft II Over the Original
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is now (finally) available for sale and the Internet is abuzz with joy and excitement. The first Starcraft, after all, has been a PC mainstay for over a decade. Still, all is not well across the Dominion. There have been some inter-galactic rumblings that this Starcraft sequel is nothing more than “Starcraft 1.5” or “Starcraft with a coat of paint.” In short, some people are saying it’s just like the original. This is true to an extent. Blizzard did not reinvent the wheel here.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sayuki, Geisha With a Difference
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With naturally russet brown hair and blue eyes, Dr. Fiona Graham is not your average geisha, should such a thing exist. In fact, Sayuki, to use the name she goes by, meaning “Transparent Happiness” is anything but typical.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Japan carries out first executions in a year
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Japan hanged two convicted killers on Wednesday—the first executions in the country since the Democratic Party of Japan took power last September.
One of the men, Kazuo Shinozawa, was put to death for killing six female clerks at a jewelry store in 2000 and setting the store on fire.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Why Japanese Women May Outlive Us
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Japanese women have an average lifespan of 86.44 years, topping the world’s longevity records for 25 years in a row, the government said on Monday in a health ministry report. This is also the fourth year in a row that life expectancy has risen in the country. The increase reflects better medical treatment in areas of cancer, cardiac disorders, and strokes — the three main causes of death among the elderly in Japan. Officials also cite the country’s high standard of living and healthy eating practices as contributing factors.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Yao Ming is contemplating retirement
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In comments to Chinese state media Monday, Yao sounded far from optimistic about his future and also made a rare criticism of China’s national basketball program.
“If the foot injury does not heal next season, I might choose to call it quits,” he said. [...]
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Students get feel for Asian cultures
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A GROUP of students from across the country will take part in a new week-long program geared to teach them the history and cultural experiences of Asian-Americans in Queens.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Beware Japan: GODZILLA Coming to Theaters in 2012
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The new Godzilla film is expected to hit theaters in 2012.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Pollution makes quarter of China water unusable: ministry
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Almost a quarter of China’s surface water remains so polluted that it is unfit even for industrial use, while less than half of total supplies are drinkable, data from the environment watchdog showed on Monday.
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