Two of my college friends and another friend of their, all originally from Maine, are about to attempt an ascent of Cotopaxi (Ecuador) and to ski/snowboard down.
Two of my college friends and another friend of their, all originally from Maine, are about to attempt an ascent of Cotopaxi (Ecuador) and to ski/snowboard down.
This is the sort of beyond-incomprehensible comment by a Japanese politician that makes me realize how broken the political system here is and how far behind Japan is in the path towards gender equality.
Trent Lott lost his senate majority leader for comments as abhorrent. Ota NEEDS to be punished or this kind of talk will continue and these deeds will continue.
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UPDATE: BBC coverage shows that Koizumi wants Ota criticized. That doesn’t go nearly far enough, imo.
UPDATE 2: The New York Times covers Ota’s idiotic comments from a broader perspective, including reporting on a teacher-student rape case.
USC’s Japan Media Review reprints Joi Ito’s “Emergent Democracy” paper which was recently translated into Japanse (PDF) by Shumpei Kumon of GLOCOM. More exposure for this kind of thinking is really valuable, imo.
Japan Media Review — Will the Web and blogs Change how we Govern — and are Governed?
Over a month old but VERY interesting. Many, cheap, disposable, etc.
IEEE Micro: Web Search for a Planet: The Google Cluster Architecture. [104K PDF]
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