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So, here's hoping that the Diet may take the time to re-evaluate The Medical Practitioners' Act of 1948. Importantly and foremost, revise this Act for Japan and her gifts of great workmanship - not for foreigners like me and my relatives and surely not for tattooed foreigners who are visiting for only a couple of weeks... |
This is a shame if artists like Mr. Masuda are denied the chance to continue their craft legally. |
Happy Birthday, Your Majesty! May the warm rays of the Sun shine on you always, and may Kami-Sama be with you throughout the year and for many many more birthdays to come. Omedou gozaimasu! Bansai! |
I love the cash transactions. Reminds of of the good old days of no bank fees. Communicating - Language: I am a foreigner, I do not expect Japan's services industries to accommodate my lack of Japanese. However, I bought the book "Japanese for Dummies", started learning "survival" Japanese, and kept on learning from ad... |
Both! Cannot face a day both at the office or at home without a clean set of "everything". Evenings are split into Winter and Summer situations. Summer definitely draws showering before bed, and Winter can be split into shower only or shower then soak in a nice hot bath - of course clean night wear afterwards; makes it... |
@Paul Evans Completely agree with you. Can't figure out how Melbourne made the top 10. My yearly travel itinerary is similar to yours. My city of residency is Melbourne - 30 years now. Just got back from Japan 4 weeks ago for a short while and as always, I feel let down. Melbourne has a great deal to catch up to Tokyo. |
People - In general, beautiful, shy, helpful and polite Culture - Unique, loyal to history, and remembered every day in people’s daily activities. Tourists - Are mostly tolerated Government supported visions - Admirable - to name a couple. First example: An efficient Public transport system that has the capability of m... |
Tokyo and Japan replenishes my Soul during every periodic stay. Omedetōgozaimasu! I bow to you, Tokyo. |
"Learning is a lot more fun.." "Many teachers will call it the hook, and you've got to have a hook if you want to lure in your students" |
-- May I humbly add; the teacher must have the correct bait at the end of that hook as well in order to retain and enhance the learning experience of the students. |
The environment shapes the human/person; With opportunities, support/mentoring, Government legislations/programs, transparent and productive community and economic opportunities, any student can excel. -- Importantly.. Practise! Learners require all opportunities to practise their newly acquired skills. |
I have a family with three languages spoken in the household; English is the second language. We communicate as much as we can in English to "better survive" in this time and age. Additionally, the other two languages are bonus for the entire family. |
I look forward to what Japan as a nation can offer to increase the English literacy level. Not only that the 2020 Olympics is around the corner, but also to better its economic opportunities and status in the Global Market. |
Aaahhhhhh.... All in the name of "fashion" |
"As the sun rises, I am there; As the sun sets, I am there" |
It is sad to hear such comments, however, little does the speaker acknowledge that one of the sectors mentioned: the Childcare Services, are an industry in itself - that can generate income for both homes and the government hopper. |
No discrimination intended [gender or race]; citizens (females as referred to in the comment) can be trained and enticed, with the help of the government, to work in Childcare instead of sourcing from outside countries May the Japanese government seriously construct/create incentives and infrastructure to improve and a... |
Trump is a good president. Maybe he is being forced by his bosses, Wall Street. |
Need a place to stay near Google X in Mountain View? John Potter is renting out a 9' x 7' Coleman tent in his backyard on Airbnb for $46/night. You're allowed one shower per day and can eat inside too. |
"It kind of is (outrageous)," Potter told CBS SF Bay Area. "But maybe they should build more affordable housing in Mountain View." |
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — John Tavares scored twice, including 36 seconds into the game, and the New York Islanders hung on to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 Tuesday night. Mikhail Grabovski and Johnny Boychuk also scored as the Islanders won in regulation for the second time since starting 6-2-1 this season. |
Thomas Greiss, facing the team that drafted him for the first time, made 34 saves and New York swept the season series by winning in regulation at San Jose for the first time since February 2003. |
Joel Ward and Brent Burns scored for the Sharks, who fell to 3-8 after opening the season with four straight wins. Martin Jones, who set a franchise record for the longest shutout streak (234:33) earlier this season, gave up two goals on the Islanders' first three shots and was pulled after 3:30. |
Alex Stalock came on and made 20 saves on 21 shots. The Sharks remain without a power-play goal at home (0 for 21) after failing to convert on two chances. Tavares scored an easy goal in the first minute. Brock Nelson's shot bounced hard off Jones' pads and straight to Tavares, who had a clear shot. Tavares added an em... |
It was his third game back after missing three with flu-like symptoms. Grabovski scored less than 3 minutes later, all but ignoring a Sharks defender and firing the puck into the net. Jones exited after that. |
Ward scored his eighth goal midway through the second period, beating a pair of defenders and Greiss. Ward has not gone more than one game without a point this season. Boychuk fired a shot from outside the blue line that appeared to take Stalock by surprise, making it 3-1. Burns scored after taking a pass from Tomas He... |
AFTER MULTIPLE PIRCE chops in more than a year on the market, a Mediterranean-style mansion in San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill neighborhood has finally sold for $9.98 million (around €9 million), according to Curbed SF. |
It first listed for $16 million in May 2014, property records show. The price dropped to $14.89 million in October, then to $13 million in February before falling even further to $11 million in May. |
With lots of Italian-inspired art throughout, the house is beautiful, but its detached garage and motor court is what makes it truly unique. |
According to the listing, it comes with its very own Tesla charging station, though there’s no word on whether the car is part of the package. |
Hopefully the new owner already has an electric car. |
The house dates back to 1929 and was reportedly the first building in the city to be built using concrete. |
The house is surrounded by lush gardens and olive trees. |
And there’s lots of comfortable outdoor lounging space. |
The living room has a silver leaf ceiling and beautiful views of the bay. |
The kitchen is spacious and comes with all of the necessary built-in appliances, though we don’t think the dog is included in the deal. |
There are plenty of places to relax in this house. |
One master bedroom looks out on the property’s gardens. |
And this one has sweeping views of the bay. |
Just outside, a lovely seating area gives you the whole panorama view of San Francisco. |
And it really is spectacular. |
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It’s not quite a lump of coal — but almost. |
Cable giant Charter Communications is getting a Christmastime notice of default from the city over its alleged failure to adhere to the terms of its franchise agreement — particularly its promise to use local labor. |
Details of the city Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications’ audit were sent to Charter in a letter Thursday that said the company “failed to comply” with many key provisions. |
The cable giant — embroiled in a long-running strike with 1,800 techs who belong to IBEW Local 3 — didn’t substantiate its claims that many of its vendors work in the city, DoITT said. |
Using local labor is one of the terms in its lucrative franchise deal, which is currently up for renewal. |
DoITT and Charter, which owns Spectrum cable, have been going back and forth on the company’s compliance with parts of its contract since challenges were raised in March 2017 by IBEW, just after the union called its strike after wage and benefit negotiations broke down. |
An initial audit by DoITT found that Charter had an “overly broad” interpretation of what constituted a city vendor. Only seven of the 26 vendors Charter does business with are based the city, DoITT ruled. That meant only 27% of the vendors listed by Charter as local actually met that requirement, the city said, not 77... |
In August, DoITT gave Charter recommendations on how to better meet its local law stipulations. |
But DoITT’s follow-up findings, issued to Charter this week, said that the company ignored most of its suggestions and continued to flout the local labor mandate — not even asking it’s vendors if they were registered in New York. DoITT said only eight of Charter’s 21 vendors were local. |
DoITT had also cautioned Charter that the company would be considered in default if the National Labor Review Board upheld complaints filed by several IBEW union members who said they were wrongfully suspended. The NLRB ruled in favor of the workers — although Charter is fighting that decision. |
Charter still has time to “cure” its problems, but the city said it will take the company’s actions into account as it assesses whether to renew the franchise, which runs out in July 2020. |
A Charter spokesman on Thursday disputed the results of DoITT’s audit. |
“While the vast majority of our field operations work is performed by Charter employees, the contractors who supplement our outstanding in-house workforce are hired by us in full compliance with the franchise agreement. We have validated that 95% of our contractors have physical addresses in the city,” the spokesman sa... |
As for the NLRB ruling, it’s under appeal, meaning that “DoITT’s finding of default and requirement to cure this alleged default — before the matter has been resolved in court — is preposterous,” the spokesman added. |
The mayor had a different take on the results. |
“When corporations take shortcuts driven by greed, city businesses are cheated out of the service they deserve. This audit revealed that Charter Spectrum clearly flouted their obligation to hire local businesses, and we will be taking that into consideration when it’s time to renew their contract agreement,” he said. |
The city is taking comments from Spectrum customers on the company’s overall performance. Feedback related to cable service can be submitted here. |
CARLUKE was subjected to a Viking ‘invasion’ recently. |
However, the fearsome Nordic warriors came not to pillage, but in peace – they were in the town to act as life models for an art group. |
Members of Brush Strokes Art Society were delighted when the pair – from North Ayrshire, not Norway – posed for paintings at the weekly class held in the Lifestyles community hub. |
Group tutor Mhairi Callan said: “It was a really great night and stretched the artistic abilities of all the students. However I thought smelling salts would be needed for some of the students when the Vikings, Donagh and Stuart, brandished their weapons. I think the nearby zumba class got a shock too. |
Mhairi has been taking the Brush Strokes group for nine years and at present around 14 members attend the weekly Wednesday classes. |
The group recently held an ‘Art in Action’ day. This consisted of a display of Mhairi and her students’ work, along with some of the group participating in a live art class. |
Mhairi added: “The feedback we received from the public was excellent and we also sold some of our artwork. |
“Among the students taking part were Sheila Lees, our oldest student at 83, who did a landscape in acrylic, Margaret Wilson who was finishing off a watercolour study, Lorna Stephens starting a fabulous fairy in oils and Helen Johnstone painting an angel in acrylics. |
The search for a new home in Northumberland will now be much easier thanks to a re-design of Northumberland County Council’s housing allocation website. |
Northumberlandhomefinder.org.uk, delivered in partnership with other housing providers, has been given a major overhaul to improve the way properties are marketed and to make it more user-friendly. |
Taking its inspiration from leading online property search sites, Northumberland Homefinder now offers more information about the properties listed. This includes more photos and floor plans, as well as information on the area and nearby services, such as health centres and schools. |
The site will also highlight properties the registered user would be eligible to bid for, based on their assessed housing need, as well as how many bids they have made. |
Under the Homefinder allocation system, you must be registered with the site before you are able to bid on any available properties. Once registered each applicant is assessed on their need and given a priority banding. This banding is then used to prioritise any bid on a property. |
If you would like further information on the Homefinder service please contact the council on 0345 600 6400. |
hellomagazine.com Princess Caroline's grandson made an adorable, rare appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix on May 13. |
Charlotte Casiraghi's three-year-old son, Raphaël Elmaleh stole the show during a rare public appearance at the Monaco Formula E Grand Prix in Monte-Carlo on Saturday. The Monaco royal, looking characteristically stylish wearing a crème pantsuit, stepped out for the event with her little boy, uncle Prince Albert and co... |
Raphaël looked adorable sporting vibrant red pants and a white button down shirt as he played with miniature racecars on the stage by his mother’s feet. Doting mum Charlotte, 30, kept a close eye on her little boy as he played beside a magnum bottle of G.H. Mumm. The mother-son duo appeared amused as they watched the w... |
Charlotte's attendance at the formula race follows her recent getaway with her current boyfriend Dimitri Rassam. The couple took their love to Italy for the La Biennale Art Exhibition in Venice last week. Charlotte and French actress Carole Bouquet's son were photographed cruising the canals of Venice on a boat, checki... |
Charlotte and Dimtri visited Jamaica and New York City together earlier this year. Back in 2015, Princess Grace Kelly's granddaughter opened up to the French magazine Philosophie about love saying, "I believe that the key to a long and happy relationship is when you both share a passion for the truth, for life." |
House Democrats on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to condemn bigotry and anti-Semitism following controversial remarks from freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on the subject of Israel—despite disagreements over the specifics of the resolution. |
While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saw the vote as “an opportunity” to “declare as strongly as possible opposition to anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim statements;” other lawmakers said the resolution was too far-reaching and did not appropriately address the topic of anti-Semitism. |
In a closed door meeting on Wednesday, tensions boiled over between congressional newcomers and the old vanguard of the Democratic Party. According to The New York Times, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) challenged Pelosi over why Omar was being singled out for her remarks—given President Donald Trump’s propensity for ra... |
Following backlash from the Congressional Black Caucus and Progressive Caucus, a second resolution was adopted to condemn Islamophobia and white supremacy. Speaking with the Times, one Democratic aide described the measure as a “kitchen sink resolution,” in that it had to be carefully crafted with multiple parties in m... |
Thursday’s final vote was 407-23, with Omar voting to condemn bigotry. |
Marvin Fong, The Plain DealerBishop Richard Lennon acknowledges that his relationship with many of the diocese's priests has deteriorated. |
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Bishop Richard Lennon has sent a conciliatory letter to the priests in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, acknowledging that his relationship with many of them has deteriorated. |
In a letter obtained by The Plain Dealer, Lennon wrote to the diocese's priests on May 21, saying "I have become aware of a growing disconnect between many of the priests who serve faithfully in this diocese and myself." |
"It saddens me to hear reports," the bishop continued, "that a number of our priests feel anxious and uncomfortable in my presence and that rather than being co-workers with me, a number of priests feel left out of consultation." |
The bishop's letter did not offer a reason for the rift he described. But it said he was writing "to assure you of my desire to remedy this situation." |
The bishop has asked all priests to attend at least one of nine meetings he has scheduled at various parishes throughout the eight-county diocese to discuss the matter. The first meeting was scheduled for today at St. Mary in Wooster. They are to continue through July 2. |
". . . (M)y own heart calls me to listen carefully, reflect, correct and change what needs to be changed as we move forward," the bishop wrote. "I would ask and urge you to be present at one of these meetings." |
Lennon offered to meet individually with priests who cannot attend or who are uncomfortable about attending one of the group meetings. |
Calls to some local priests on Wednesday were not returned. Sources who asked not to be identified said priests have been writing to Rome, complaining about Lennon. It was unclear how many have written and what their complaints are. |
Diocese spokesman Robert Tayek said in an email Wednesday, "We do not wish to go much beyond the statements in the bishop's letter." |
However, Tayek added, "Bishop Lennon has held meetings with the priests of the diocese three or four times during the past six years on a variety of topics." |
Tayek said the Presbyteral Council -- a body of priests that assists the bishop in governing the diocese -- suggested to Lennon "that he address this issue." |
In his letter, Lennon said that after meeting with the priests, he will consult with the Presbyteral Council about how to move forward. |
"Know I am entering this process willingly and open to change," he wrote. " . . Please join me in this sincere effort to improve the spirit, communication and trust in our relationship." |
The meetings come as Lennon, under orders from Rome, is working to reopen 11 churches he closed in a downsizing of the diocese. |
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