Butterfly gardening involves planning your garden to attract, retain, and encourage butterfly populations. A sample garden plan is shown in Figure 1, and a list of host plants is given in Butterfly & Moth Garden Plants. Flowers of similar colors grouped together are more attractive to both butterflies and the gardener.
You should select a variety of nectar-producing plants with the aim of providing flowers in bloom throughout the season. This will entice a continuous succession of new visitors to a yard. It is especially important to have flowers in mid to late summer, when most butterflies are active. Flowers with multiple florets that produce abundant nectar are ideal.
Annuals are wonderful butterfly plants because they bloom continuously through the season, providing a steady supply of nectar. Perennial plants, such as coneflowers, lilac, butterfly weed, and asters, are visited regularly by butterflies. Most plants in the mint family are also good nectar sources for butterflies. Avoid double flowers because they are often bred for showiness, not nectar production.
You can supplement the garden's flower nectar with a home-made feeder. Made from an inverted baby food or other small jar, such a feeder can be attractive to butterflies. Drill a small hole in the center of the lid and plug it with cotton. Fill the jar with a solution of one part sugar (not honey) to nine parts water. Attach brightly-colored fabric petals to the lid to make the feeder more appealing to butterflies. Hang your feeder in a tree near your garden.
For successful butterfly gardening, you need to provide food for more than the adult butterflies. You need to provide for their caterpillar forms as well. Butterfly caterpillars have a limited host range (See Butterfly & Moth Food Plants). Most caterpillars feed on leaves; although some develop on the reproductive parts of flowers or seeds.
Some supposedly good butterfly plants might not attract butterflies in your garden. It may be that a particular plant is not the preferred larval food of local butterflies (see Butterfly & Moth Food Plants for preferred plants) .
Figure 1. A sample butterfly border garden has a large variety of host plants.
Plantings of host plants preferred by butterflies does not require any sacrifice of flowers and colors. Plants such as (first column) yellow sunflower, pink Joe-Pye weed, purple coneflower, and (second column) purple verbena, yellow Black-eyed Susan, red bee balm/bergamot, and purple wild asters provide plentiful color.
Successful butterfly gardening includes more than providing larval host plants and nectar sources. It includes planning appropriate habitats for these useful and beautiful creatures. For instance, shelter is important to butterflies for a number of reasons. Butterflies prefer to feed and lay eggs in sheltered areas, where they will not be cooled by nor have to fight wind gusts.
A row of shrubs or trees can make a dual purpose windbreak if plants that also provide food for moths or butterflies are selected. Place tall plants at the back and the sides of the butterfly garden for additional protection.
One of the most important conservation decisions we can make is to avoid the use of broad spectrum pesticides sprayed all around the yard. Instead, use more benign spot treatments on plants troubled with pest insects. For pest insects use alternative control methods such as oils, soaps, and microbial insecticides such as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Remember that oils and soaps still kill caterpillars if sprayed directly on them and that they also will die if they feed on plants treated with a Bt formulation that is toxic to them.
An undesirable garden guest would be a borer moth (Sessidae: Clearwing borer).
The caterpillar of a desirable butterfly such as the Mourning Cloak (Nymphalidae: Nymphalis antiopa) can, with only casual inspection, be mistaken for less desirable or more destructive relatives such as the gypsy moth (Lymantriidae: Lymantria dispar).
Most butterfly species, such as the Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), lay only a few eggs at a time. This low level of insect population will not kill shrubs or trees. However, Black Swallowtail (Papilionidae: Papilio polyxenes) larvae, for example, can completely consume herbaceous plants such as dill. To avoid killing a beautiful guest, you should be sure of your identification of an insect as a pest before using any pesticide.
A good side effect of the decrease in pesticide use is the increase of natural enemies. These are insects such as spiders, lacewings, ladybird beetles, and ground beetles that actually help to control unwanted pests.


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Ariana Grande-Butera (/ˌɑːriˈɑːnə ˈɡrɑːndeɪ/; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Boca Raton, Florida, Grande began her career in the 2008 Broadway musical 13 and rose to prominence for her role as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013), and in its spin-off, Sam & Cat (2013–2014). After she grew interested in pursuing a music career, Grande recorded songs for the soundtrack of Victorious, and signed with Republic Records in 2011 after the label's executives discovered videos of her covering songs that she uploaded onto YouTube. She released her debut album, Yours Truly (2013). A 1950s doo-wop-influenced pop and R&B album, it debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and spawned her first US Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single, "The Way". Grande's second studio album, My Everything (2014), continued the pop-R&B sound of its predecessor and incorporated EDM elements. It topped the Billboard 200 and featured four US top-ten singles: "Problem", "Break Free", "Bang Bang", and "Love Me Harder", the most of any artist that year. Grande's third studio album, Dangerous Woman (2016) became her first of three consecutive number-one albums in the UK, and included the top-five single "Side to Side". Grande began experimenting with trap on her next albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019), while maintaining her characteristic pop-R&B tones. Both debuted at number one in several countries and were acclaimed by music critics. The former won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and spawned the international top-three single "No Tears Left to Cry", while the latter was nominated for Album of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and broke several streaming records upon release. With the release of the singles "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings" and "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", Grande became the first solo artist to hold the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously and the first female artist to succeed herself at number one on the UK. Additionally, she is the only artist to have the lead singles from each of their first five studio albums debut within the top ten in the US. Grande has received various accolades, including one Grammy Award, one Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and seven Guinness World Records. All five of Grande's full-length albums have been certified platinum or better by the RIAA. As one of the leading streaming pioneers in the world, she has amassed over 40 billion streams on platforms like YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music. She is the most followed female on the two former, while being the most listened female on the latter two. An influential figure on social media, she is an outspoken feminist and supporter for LGBT rights. In February 2019, she became the most followed woman on Instagram. Forbes ranked her amongst the highest-paid celebrities in 2019, and Time named Grande as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016 and 2019. Billboard recognized her as the "Woman of the Year" in 2018, and declared her the most accomplished female artist to debut in the 2010s. (source: Wikipedia)
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It occurred to me recently that, at least among my closest family and friends, there seem to be two basic flavors of anxiety: past and future. Not to say that you can't get a delicious, panic-inducing swirl of both if that's your thing, but most people seem to relish one or the other.
A few people I can think of pore over every detail of past events and past decisions. What if I had done this differently? What if this other person had gone another direction? What if any number of things that happened had not happened? This manner of hindsight anxiety is highlighted in the spectacular musical If/Then, which I recently saw on Broadway. I recommend it highly. The play, not the anxiety.
I have little patience for this brand of anxiety. I am a practical person and I feel like what's done is done and it serves no purpose to wonder what could have happened because it didn't and it's too late to turn back now and life goes on.
I have plenty of time, however, to obsess about what might happen in the future, however remote the possibility may be. What if there's an earthquake and the crack in the bricks outside our house makes the house collapse on my baby while he sleeps in his crib? What if we are in the wrong place at the wrong time and encounter a crazy shooter? What if we get a flat tire on the beltway? What if we run out of money? What if someone I love gets seriously ill? Or dies? The rewarding thing about this kind of anxiety is there are so many variations, layers, and nuances. Some of the worries are extremely unlikely and very much out of my control. Short of living inside a bubble, we assume the risks of living in the world and some of these are really scary these days. But still unlikely. And some are inevitable. Some people I know will get sick and someday will die. It's already happened, for sure. But the prospect is still terrifying. Again, nothing I can do about it. I haven't yet found a magic wand or fairy godmother or medical miracle to protect everyone I love and enable them to live forever. And then there are the worries that I could do something about, but are still hard to face. I could save money by going out to lunch less. But I love going out to lunch and it keeps me from going insane at home alone. I am frequently torn between the mantras of self-improvement and self-acceptance that are constantly swirling around me.
Instead of removing the possible causes of future-predicting anxiety, what I need to do is attack the anxiety itself. I have meditated, but not in a long time. I don't know why meditation, which is so simple, can be so intimidating. I do yoga, but have not had a regular practice since my 13-year-month old was born. Even after he was born I enjoyed mommy-baby yoga with him for a while, but once he started crawling the jig was up. I'm trying to find a way to create a new practice for myself. I was going to go to a new class today, but didn't count on the rush hour traffic and had to cancel at the last minute when I discovered I would get there 15 minutes late. Happily, the studio owner called me back right away to say I wouldn't lose the class despite the late cancel and suggested some classes I could take that aren't during rush hour. So I took a four-mile walk, and it's a beautiful day, and that was good.
Mister Rogers said in the midst of tragedy to look for the heroes, and it's easy when you're anxious to turn minor annoyances into major catastrophes, because they might become larger scale annoyances or even genuine problems. But I try to look for the heroes, even the minor ones. Last Friday afternoon I had just picked up Zeke from day care and I was on my way to pick up Zoe from school, after which we were headed out of town for a weekend away with friends. I ran out of gas, which was dumb. I've never done that before. And likely I will never do it again. But I did, and it turns out in our minivan, the two gallons you can put in with the gas can that the nearby service station loaned me is not enough to get it started again. You need four gallons. So by the time I discovered this, Zeke and I had spent a while hanging out on the sidewalk in front of the house where our car had conked out. Hero number one was the guy whose house it was, who came out to ask if I could move the car because his wife was headed home and I was blocking the driveway. I explained my situation and he was totally understanding and asked if I needed anything. I desperately needed to pee, so he invited me in to use the bathroom. Hero number two was the AAA service guy who arrived to see if I needed a jump start. I didn't, and he suggested I probably needed more gas. He asked if there was anything else he could do for me and I guess could see I was getting a little upset. He asked if I was thirsty and gave me a bottle of cold water he had in his truck. I've never had a AAA driver offer me water before. I'm sure that was his own supply of water for him to drink. I was grateful. Heroes number three and four: my parents, who immediately came when I called and split up to retrieve each of my children and bring them home while I waited for a tow truck or more gas (before I knew what the problem was). Hero number 5: my husband, who came and picked up the gas can and refilled it and came back to me with more gas, which enabled the car to start. And everyone was kind and patient and no one made fun of me for running out of gas. And we made it to West Virginia with our friends, even though we got there after 10pm. We missed all the traffic and drove in the cool darkness and Zeke slept and Zoe watched Frozen and all was well. All of my anxieties about what was wrong with the car, how much it would cost to fix, the prospect of Zoe freaking out that she hadn't been picked up yet, the prospect of Zeke freaking out on the sidewalk, none of them came to fruition. It was a sunny day, everyone helped, and it was ok.
People can do anything. So why haven't these things been invented? One would be immensely practical. The other more personally appealing to preserve my mental health.
There should be an interactive digital display on your fridge door that you can use to see what's in your fridge and how long it's been there and when it expires. You could scan all the items as you put them into the fridge, and the device would already be programmed with information about, say, how long strawberries stay fresh. You could also manually enter expiration dates, like on your milk. The device would remember everything you put in, so when you first get it you might have a lot of data entry to do, but after that it would easily recognize what you're buying. Then when you are wondering what you can have for dinner, all you have to do is look at your display and see that there's leftover Thai from two nights ago and enough vegetables to make a salad. When you're getting ready to go to the grocery store, you could print out–or upload to your phone–a list of what you need, based on what you usually need and is missing from or low in the fridge. For bonus points, the device could interact with a cooking app and suggest recipes based on the ingredients you have on hand. Or tell you that you have five ingredients you need for tacos, except the meat, so you should pick some up. Cleaning the fridge would be easy because you'd know exactly how long things had been in there even before the mold starts to grow! There is so much potential here.
Sometimes when you're in the car with your kids and you turn on NPR and the first words you hear are "mass shootings" or "bodies of children" or "murder" and you have to switch the station very, very fast. Or even if your kids aren't in the car but it's 7:30 in the morning and you can't stomach a report about terrorist attacks, children being sold into slavery, or anyone being shot, and you have to put on the soundtrack to If/Then, which can be kind of wrenching as well but at least you know what's coming and it's fictional. Anyway, there should be a little warning light indicator on your radio so you can turn it on with no volume and if there's a horrifying story including any of the above words or others I could list but won't because they will make me depressed, a red light would illuminate. If the story may be mildly disturbing but not heart-wrenching, such as unemployment numbers, Congressional ineptitude, or negligent landlords, the light is yellow. And, if you're really lucky, the light will be green when they're interviewing singers, athletes, or writers; sharing the triumphant story of someone's success; or reporting on a breakthrough in medical technology. Not to say that you can never listen to bad news, but sometimes it's just too much. This would save millions of listeners from potential anguish as they drive.
If you can invent these things, let me know. I'd be happy to brainstorm with you and get in on the ground floor.


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Manuel Pizarro (* 23. November 1895 in Buenos Aires; † 10. November 1982 in Nizza) war ein wichtiger argentinischer Vertreter des Tango. Er war ein in Europa und in Argentinien bekannter Bandoneonspieler, Orchesterleiter und Komponist.

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Nach einer Ausbildungszeit bei Juan Maglio "Pacho" trat Pizarro in Buenos Aires zunächst als Bandoneonist auf. Er spielte im Quartett mit José Bonano "Pepino" (Geige), Leopoldo Thompson (Klavier) und Macchi (Querflöte). 1914 komponierte er seinen berühmtesten Tango Batacazo. Ab 1915 spielte er im Trio zusammen mit Francisco Canaro (Geige) und Negro Ortíz (Gitarre).

1920 ging Pizarro nach Paris. Dort war der argentinische Tango in den 10er bis 30er Jahren 20. Jahrhunderts sehr populär. Er arbeitete mit unterschiedlichen Musikern zusammen und reiste u. a. durch Spanien, nach Großbritannien und durch Deutschland. Als 1939 der Zweite Weltkrieg begann, trat er u. a. in Alexandria und Kairo auf.

Ab 1951 gab es neue Auftritte in Paris. In den 60er Jahren verlor der Tango jedoch an Bedeutung. 1979 und 1974 besuchte er wieder Buenos Aires. Er starb 1982 in Nizza.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Bike Thriller 'Premium Rush' Changes Gears To August 24, 2012
Kevin Jagernauth
So, a vote of confidence or changing out one dubious date for another? January is considered a cinematic dumping ground, but the end of August is not much better. What arrived at the end of the summer this year? "Colombiana," "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," "Our Idiot Brother" and "The Debt" and all were middling efforts at the box office, except for the latter which offered a rare breath of adult entertainment in a blockbuster season. But, Sony are moving their Joseph Gordon-Levitt led "Premium Rush" from January 13, 2012 to August 24, 2012 instead. And there's one pretty obvious reason why: "The Dark Knight Rises."
As "50/50" proved, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not a box office draw on his own yet. While that film has climbed to a respectable $25 million so far, it opened at #5 on opening weekend with a wide release on over 2,400 screens. Sony likely saw those numbers and figured it might be a better play to switch up the David Koepp directed movie to after "The Dark Knight Rises," and hope that JGL's appearance in that film will boost interest in the bike courier-thriller.
Co-starring Michael Shannon, the slick piece of pop entertainment follows a New York City bike courier (JGL) who is accidentally carrying something that a crooked New York cop (Shannon) is after. Surprisingly, "Premium Rush" is only film currently slated for that weekend, but there is still plenty of time for some competition to elbow its way onto the date. [BoxOfficeMojo]
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West Virginia will give $100 savings bonds to people 16 to 35 who get vaccinated.
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West Virginia will give $100 savings bonds to 16- to 35-year-olds who get a Covid-19 vaccine, Gov. Jim Justice said on Monday.
There are roughly 380,000 West Virginians in that age group, many of whom have already gotten at least one shot, but Mr. Justice said he hoped the money would motivate the rest to get inoculated, as "they're not taking the vaccines as fast as we'd like them to take them."
The state will use federal funds from the CARES Act to pay for the bonds, Mr. Justice, a Republican, said at a news conference, adding that he had "vetted this every way that we possibly can" to ensure that the unconventional use of the funds was allowed.
The bonds will be also be available to anyone in that age group who has already been vaccinated, Mr. Justice said.
West Virginia has the 16th highest rate of new coronavirus cases per person among U.S. states and ranks 12th in hospitalizations, according to a New York Times database.
Mr. Justice said the state needed to stop the virus "dead in its tracks," and that if it did, "these masks go away, the hospitalizations go away, the death toll and the body bags start to absolutely become minimal."
Earlier this year, at the start of the country's vaccination effort, West Virginia had stood out for its success in vaccinating its residents. At one point, it had administered second doses to more of its population than any other state; it was also behind only Alaska for the percent of its residents that had received a first dose.
But now West Virginia is fallen behind, ahead of only nine states for the portion of its residents that have had a first dose, according to a New York Times database tracking vaccines.
Mr. Justice said that young West Virginians could "always stand an extra dose of patriotism." He urged them to "accept that wonderful savings bond" — which will allow the recipient to retrieve the $100, plus interest, at a later date — adding, "I hope that you keep it for a long, long, long time."
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Q: Why does the datasheet for this FET show two / three VGS(off) values? I am using a MMBFJ270 P-Channel JFET and if you look at the characteristic graphs it is saying that there are two values for VGS(off) and in one graph it quotes three different values... Why does it do this and what determines the value for the VGS(off)?
A couple of the graphs are below so you don't have to trawl through the datasheet.

In the datasheet it says in the characteristics table as well that the VGS(off) is 2.0V... I can only assume it depends on the IDS or VDS but I really have no idea...
Can anyone give me some pointers as to what value VGS(off) this FET will actually be or how I can work it out?

A: That data sheet is a wrong IMHO but first, a bit of background. The device you are wanting to know about is a P channel JFET and these types of transistor conduct drain current when there is zero gate-source voltage. To turn the device off you raise the gate-source voltage positively. For an N channel JFET you would raise the gate-source voltage negatively.
So let's look at the first two graphs in the OP's question: -

They shows typical characteristics for one device that has a VGS(off) voltage of 4.5 volts and the other characteristic is for a device with a VGS(off) voltage of 2 volts. It makes a mistake (IMHO) in that the 4.5 volt device appears to be listed as having a VGS(off) voltage of -4.5 volts - if it were it would be an N channel JFET and not a P channel JFET. So, that is there first mistake I believe.
It also looks like this device has exactly the same characteristic as the J177 P channel mosfet - the graphs are identical as far as I can tell and I suspect that Fairchild may have dropped a major clanger: -

So back to the front page and the specification in the table is incomplete in my opinion. Using the J177 as an example, it lists a range of JFETs that are basically the same device but, due to manufacturing process variations have different VGS(off) voltages: -

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*The J175 has a range of 3V to 6V for VGS(off)

*The J176 has a range of 1V to 4V for VGS(off)

*The J177 has a range of 0.8V to 2.5V for VGS(off)

In all other specifications they are the same device.
So here's the rub - the MMBFJ271 exists and has a VGS(off) value ranging from 1.5 volts to 4.5 volts.
Shame on Fairchild!

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Fadwa El Guindi (Egipto, 1941) es una profesora de antropología con un PhD en antropología por la Universidad de Texas en Austin (1972). Actualmente es profesora distinguida de Antropología en la Universidad de Catar en Doha, así como directora del Departamento de ciencias sociales.

Se Graduó por la Universidad americana en Cairo, con un BA en Ciencia Política. Trabajó en el Centro de Búsqueda Social y participó en el primer proyecto etnográfico para estudiar el modo de vida de los nubianos de Egipto con anterioridad a su gobierno-patrocinando la relocación debido a la construcción de la represa Aswan.

En 1986,  hizo la película El Sebou': Ritual de Nacimiento egipcio, el cual fue patrocinado por la Oficina de Folklife Programas en el Instituto Smithsoniano. También fue huésped protagonista como la madre de Julian Bashir, Amsha Bashir, en la Caminata de Estrella: Star Trek: Espacio profundo nueve, episodio Doctor Bashir, I Presume?", contrincante de Siddig El Fadil y Brian George.

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Ha escrito varios libros y artículos en el campo de antropología:
 El Mito de Ritual: la etnografía de Un Indígena de Zapotec Vida-Rituales de Crisis. Tucson, Arizona: Universidad de Prensa de Arizona, 1986.

 Velo: Modestia, Intimidad, Resistencia. Berg Editores. 1999.

 Por Oración de Mediodía: El Ritmo de Islam. Berg Editores. 2008.

 Antropología visual: Teoría y Método Esenciales.  Altamira Prensa, Riachuelo de Nuez, California, 2004.

 Veiling Infitah Con musulmán Ethic: el movimiento islámico Contemporáneo de Egipto. Problemas sociales 28(4): 465-485 (1981).

 De Pictorializing a Antropología Visual. En Manual de Métodos en Antropología Cultural. H. Russell Bernard, editor. Altamira Prensa, Publicaciones de Salvia, 459-511, 1998.

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 Ficha como actriz y directora en Imdb.
 Diplomacia Cultural, conferencia de la autora: profesora distinguida de la Universidad de Qatar. Simposio Internacional sobre Diplomacia Cultural, Berlín, 20 de mayo - 25 de mayo de 2010.

Científicas de Estados Unidos
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Antropólogos de Estados Unidos
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The epistemological rupture proffered by finance in the seventies, seeming to inaugurate a distinct mode of production, is merely a form of appearance that capital's struggle takes in crisis, beneath which the capitalist economy remains under the sway of the law of value and its source in socially necessary labor time. While narrative fiction has been taken insistently as the relevant literary mode or genre for understanding the motion and particularly the temporality of finance, poetry finally provides a better heuristic for such an understanding and, more substantially, for grasping the motion and dynamic of value moving behind the seeming of finance's hegemony.


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Arroyo's hit, "Rebellión," is an ode to powerful black women which details "the story of an African couple brought over by slave traders to Latin America" and sparked his international success. His music fused several genres— calypso, merengue, salsa and soca— along with his native home, Cartagena, Colombia. Pete Rodriguez is the boogaloo legend behind the timeless hit, "I Like It Like That." Boogaloo is classified as the "perfect merge of Cuban rhythms— guaguanco and mambo— R&B and doo-wop. Cardi B's current hit, "I Like It," alongside J. Balvin and Bad Bunny effortlessly fused the past into the present. Aside from the wave of reggaeton inspiring a plethora of artists, Amara states the Latin America may be "years behind" the race conversation, but urges those to think about the history behind that catchy beat you sway your hips to because "it's a Brown thing, baby." You can stream the episode above.


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EU labels palm oil in diesel as unsustainable – it causes deforestation
Date added: March 27, 2019
The European Commission today decided that palm oil is not a green fuel and should not be promoted because it causes deforestation. The use of palm oil in diesel, which is driven by the EU's renewable energy targets, will be gradually reduced as of 2023 and should reach zero in 2030 although exemptions remain. Europe's federation of green transport NGOs, Transport & Environment (T&E), said the labelling of palm oil as unsustainable is a milestone in the fight to recognise the climate impact of burning food for energy. However, in a bid to placate palm oil producing countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Colombia, the Commission introduced a number of exemptions, so some palm oil could still be promoted as a "green" road fuel. The Commission also failed to classify soy, a major contributor to deforestation worldwide, as unsustainable. The EU is the world's 2nd largest importer of crude palm oil; over half of it (around four million tonnes) is currently used to make 'green' fuel. Malaysia and Indonesia are keen to push palm oil as future jet fuel, and threaten not to buy European planes if they refuse to buy palm oil for fuel.
EU labels palm oil in diesel as unsustainable
By Transport & Environment
The European Commission today decided that palm oil is not a green fuel and should not be promoted because it causes deforestation. The use of palm oil in diesel, which is driven by the EU's renewable energy targets, will be gradually reduced as of 2023 and should reach zero in 2030 although exemptions remain. Europe's federation of green transport NGOs, Transport & Environment (T&E), said the labelling of palm oil as unsustainable is a milestone in the fight to recognise the climate impact of burning food for energy.
However, in a bid to placate palm oil producing countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Colombia, the Commission introduced a number of exemptions – which were tightened after an earlier draft. These loopholes mean some palm oil could still be promoted as a "green" road fuel.[1] The Commission also failed to classify soy, a major contributor to deforestation worldwide, as unsustainable.[2]
Laura Buffet, clean fuels manager at T&E, said: "Today's decision to label palm oil as unsustainable is a breakthrough. It will offer much needed relief to the world's wildlife and forests. But this is only a partial victory since soy and some palm oil can still be labelled green. This campaign is not over and we'll be taking the fight to those governments and oil companies that want to keep forcing drivers to pay for fake 'green' fuels."
The EU is the second largest importer of crude palm oil in the world. More than half of palm oil imported into the EU (around four million tonnes) is currently used to make 'green' fuel. Seven in 10 Europeansoppose the use of palm oil in diesel and over 650,000 Europeans signed petitions to stop it. More than 65,000 EU citizens took part in the public consultation preceding the European Commission's decision.
A landmark study for the European Commission revealed that biodiesel from palm oil is three times worse for the climate than regular diesel while soy oil diesel is two times worse. This is because growing demand for biofuels like palm oil increases pressure on agricultural land which leads to deforestation – in the case of palm oil in tropical regions.
The act adopted by the Commission will be reviewed in 2021. T&E and its partners will be monitoring the likely abuse of the loopholes closely and are calling on national governments to follow France's example and completely eliminate all palm oil from biofuels after 2020.
Laura Buffet said: "There is no such thing as green palm oil or soy biodiesel. Governments and oil companies thinking they'll be able to get away with forcing motorists to burn food in the future should think twice. The fuels of the future aren't based on food, they're based on sustainable wastes, residues and electrons." EU member states and the EU Parliament have two months to pass or veto the act, but they have no power to amend the rule. A vote in the environment committee of the European Parliament has been scheduled for 21 March.
[1] The loopholes introduced by the Commission would allow additional palm oil production coming from yield increases or produced on so-called unused land to still qualify as green. Often such 'unused' land is actually used by local communities to support themselves such as providing food. The text also provides a derogation for palm oil produced by small farmers – despite the size of a plantation bearing no relation to the risk of deforestation or the changes in land use. Independent analysis has shown that such exemptions are not environmentally justifiable. The size of the exemption cannot be quantified at this stage but will depend heavily on how tightly the provisions are monitored and enforced.
[2] Despite demonstrating that 8% of global soy expansion happened on high-carbon land, the Commission decided to keep promoting soy as a renewable fuel.
https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/eu-labels-palm-oil-diesel-unsustainable
Malaysian airlines back Malaysian campaign to boost palm oil production and use
A Malaysian newspaper comments on the Ministry of Primary Industries' year-long "Love MY Palm Oil" campaign. It aims to fight anti-palm oil campaigns that backers of palm oil growing say are threatening people's livelihoods. Now 3 Malaysian airlines have joined the campaign, Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Airways and AirAsia. The airlines, with Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), "will extol the virtues of palm oil through their digital info screens, in-flight magazines and entertainment systems, art and product displays." The Primary Industries minister says they are displaying "patriotism" and elevating the image of palm oil. This followed the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) passing a resolution in October 2018 to ban palm oil biofuels in Europe by 2020. Malaysia and Indonesia are the largest producers of palm oil globally. Malaysia's Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is due to hold the official launch of the "Love MY Palm Oil" campaign in the first quarter of 2019. [Palm oil as a fuel for aircraft is a disaster, as its life-cycle carbon emissions are high, taking into account the Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) impacts. Not to mention the deforestation and loss of biodiversity. But palm oil would be cheap fuel for airlines, regardless of how environmentally harmful it is ….]
http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2019/01/malaysian-airlines-back-malaysian-campaign-to-boost-palm-oil-production-and-use/
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019. Filed in Biofuels News, Climate Change News, Recent News.


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Callan Motte is a motte-and-bailey and National Monument in Callan, Ireland.

Location
Callan Motte is in the centre of Callan, north of the Kings River, west of Upper Bridge Street and east of the N76.
The eastward facing base of the Motte is situated approximately 100m from the King's River and its floodplain. This floodplain extends along the western riverbank, interrupted only by a small series of riverside residences adjoining both sides of the bridge.

As of January 2021, the immediate area is currently being developed to provide pedestrian and disabled access via a graduated tarmac walkway. This includes significant access improvements to the adjoining Moat Lane. This walkway was submerged by seasonal flooding in early December 2000 and is not expected to subside until at least April 2001, when the damage can be assessed. Due to ongoing COVID19 restrictions, an expected completion date is currently indeterminate.

History and archaeology

Motte-and-bailey castles were a primitive type of castle built after the Norman invasion, a mound of earth topped by a wooden palisade and tower.

Callan Motte was built c. 1217 by Geoffrey FitzRobert, seneschal to William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. In 1307 it was described as 'a castle, in which there is a hall constructed of wood covered with wooden shingles, a stone chamber, a kitchen and other wooden chambers'. It was abandoned as a  lordly residence in the 14th century.

Local legend claims that cannons were placed on the Motte by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers during the 1650 Siege of Callan.

Moat Carnivals

The Motte known locally as 'The Moat', came to prominence again for several years between the late 1950s and 1963 when week-long Moat Carnivals were held on the Moat field and on the hill where the castle once stood.
Marquees holding several hundred were erected and lengthy dancing sessions brought the hilltop to life. The annual highlight was the crowning of the 'Carnival Queen. Future legendary RTE radio personality Larry Gogan crowned the final 1963 Carnival Queen. These dances were extremely popular and to safely accommodate the increasing number of attendees were subsequently relocated to a very large Marquee on the Fairgreen which was erected for several months each year until the mid 1980s.
Another annual highlight was the
Street Leagues, which pitted teams representing Callan's streets against each other in hurling or football games.

Information Panels

As part of the redevelopment of the Moat Field, information panels have been installed around the Moat field. These panels highlight the historical,
social, and flora and fauna of the Moat Field.

References

Archaeological sites in County Kilkenny
National Monuments in County Kilkenny
Callan, County Kilkenny


The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted today a final Research Plan on screening for speech and language delay and disorders in children age 5 years or younger. The draft Research Plan for this topic was posted for public comment from July 25 to August 21, 2013. The Task Force reviewed all of the comments that were submitted and took them into consideration as it finalized the Research Plan. To view the final Research Plan, please go to http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Topic/recommendation-summary/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-february-2006.
Internet Citation: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Research Plan for Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 Years or Younger. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. October 2013.


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PM Khan lauds resilience of overseas Pakistani labourers
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Prime Minister Imran Khan lauded on Tuesday the resilience of the Pakistanis working abroad, contributing to the economy through remittances.
PM Imran Khan was addressing the inauguration ceremony for introducing a system through which remittances can be transferred through Pakistan Post.
The prime minister said that the primary task of the government is to create ease for the Pakistanis abroad, who had to settle outside as the home country failed to provide conducive opportunities.
"Whenever I speak of new Pakistan, it is about the new approach," said the prime minister.
PM Imran Khan also announced health cards for the families of overseas Pakistanis.
"Pakistan Post was in sheer loss earlier, now it has been greatly reduced," said the prime minister to the participants of the ceremony.
He further said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has tried to stablise the country's economy.
India approves funds for population survey amid protests over citizenship law
Nation celebrates birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam


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Well well well, it has felt like a hell of a wait but Palace have finally done that of their latest single, Break The Silence and break it they have indeed. Who is this band? I mean yes of course it's still Palace but they've had a rocket shoved up their backsides. This has pace where their laid back groove had once been. It's certainly not a bad move, an extra bow to their string, and their original soaring guitars, swirls and shimmers are all still present and correct, their atmosphere still fills my lungs only now it does it more vehemently.


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Learn to play 'The Best Day 3 ' easy by Taylor Swift with guitar chords, lyrics and chord diagrams. Updated: May 2nd, 2017.... Free printable and easy chords ver. 3 for song by Taylor Swift - 22. Chords ratings, diagrams and lyrics.
Apparently, Taylor Swift's first guitar ever was a TK65ce Koa 12-string acoustic guitar and according to Taylor it was "the type of guitar she learned on." It's also where in a youtube video she is playing a song she wrote called "Spinning Around", you can also watch it on the DVD The Journey to Fearless, where Taylor is performing the song.... Written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose, this song of unrequited love is based on a true experience during Taylor's schooldays when she had a crush on a boy she was friends with.
Taylor Swift grinds as she jams on her guitar The energetic country singer was also spotted singing in the midst of the audience after being hoisted onto the shoulders of several burly men.


In the past few years we have asked people to get a party ticket just so we have a rough idea of numbers but this year we are going to make it a bit more formal.
Last year, some people, to put it nicely, took advantage of the bar tab and so we got through it quicker than we were expecting. To try to stop this from happening again this year we are introducing a system so everyone can get a fair share.
If you are coming to the party party, please take a party ticket from Eventbrite.
We will divvy up the tab amongst everyone who has asked for a ticket when the sales close at the end of the day on Wednesday 5th.
When you register on Saturday morning, you will show your conference ticket to get in and also your party ticket. You will then be issued your party pack. Remember, you must have a main event ticket to be allowed in the party.
If you don't have a party ticket and your plans change come find one of the Gaffers and we will sort you out. Or you could find yourself someone on expenses with a nice company credit card.


Rao Vantika was a Kobliad criminal scientist who committed numerous atrocities on his homeworld.
Described by Kobliad Security officer Ty Kajada as "quite brilliant in his own way," Vantika was obsessed with prolonging his life and ensuring his own survival. The life-prolonging substances he used included rejuvenation drugs, cryogenics, and organ transplant. As the medical supervisor of a high-security penitentiary, he secretly used inmates for his illegal experiments in cellular longevity. As a criminal mastermind, he organized raids on government labs to steal bio-regeneration research. He evaded Kobliad authorities for twenty years, faking his death several times (often in ways that fooled even medical specialists).
Like all Kobliads, he needed deuridium to stay alive, and was planning to hijack a shipment of ore arriving at Deep Space 9 from the Gamma Quadrant, when he was captured by Kajada in 2369. In an attempt to escape, he started a fire in Kajada's ship that killed the pilot and severely weakened her. His own body was also fatally wounded, but he had perfected a means of transferring his consciousness into another humanoid brain (comparable to the Vulcan method of passing on their katras). Shortly before his body expired, he used the method on Doctor Julian Bashir, who had responded to Kajada's distress call, managing to hide his mind in Bashir's body and only taking intermittent control to limit the possibility that his deception would be exposed.
Occupying Bashir's body, he attempted to carry out his original scheme. The transfer was discovered after a series of crimes aboard Deep Space 9, including an attack on Kajada. Fortunately, Vantika was incapacitated when Jadzia Dax managed to transfer an electro-magnetic pulse along the tractor beam specifically arranged to disrupt Vantika's neural energy patterns based on available readings, allowing Bashir to take control long enough to deactivate the shields and beam Bashir to safety. With Bashir's body stunned to ensure that Vantika couldn't do anything, Dax was able to transfer his consciousness from Bashir to a micro-containment field by configuring a transporter to beam out the glial cells contaminated by Vantika's patterns without harming Bashir himself.
Rao Vantika was played by James Harper in his real body and Alexander Siddig while inhabiting the body of Julian Bashir.


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Tesla's giant battery goes online in Australian…
Tesla's giant battery goes online in Australian Outback
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In this July 26, 2016, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., left, discusses the company's new Gigafactory in Sparks, Nev. Musk delivered on a promise by building the world's biggest lithium-ion battery in the Australian Outback within 100 days,
PUBLISHED: November 30, 2017 at 9:51 pm | UPDATED: December 1, 2017 at 5:32 am
ADELAIDE, Australia — The world's biggest lithium-ion battery has plugged into an Australian state grid, delivering on a promise by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk.
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A translation of Satoshi Kon's last words
I didn't think it really belonged here, so over on my personal blog I have posted a rough translation into English of anime director Satoshi Kon's last words.
Aug 26, 2010 2:30:25 AM
The unwillingness to say "I", and My-Booms
There's an interesting trend in Japan in the way people speak, that I noticed particularly when I was back there. Younger people in particular seem to be very reluctant to use the word "I" to refer to themselves.
The Japanese word for "I" varies depending on who is saying it to whom, but the most commonly used words are 私 (わたし watashi) and 僕 (ぼく boku). Watashi is used by women (and girls) and men (the very polite way to say the same word/kanji is watakushi) and boku is used mostly by men and boys.
Another word that can be used to point to onnesself is 自分 (じぶん jibun). If you translated jibun though, it would be closer to 'myself' or 'oneself' rather than I - in other words, it's more passive and third-personish than watashi or boku, which clearly do mean I.
Here's an example sentence using both watashi and jibun.
私はラーメンが好きです。 (watashi wa ramen ga suki desu.)
自分はラーメンが好きです。 (jibun wa ramen ga suki desu.)
Both mean "I like ramen", but the second sentence is more like "Myself likes ramen".
自分 has always been in regular use to mean oneself. However, recently many people use a turn of phrase that is even more passive, when expressing their opinions - 自分の中 (じぶんのなか jibun no naka), which means 'within myself'.
In March, there were several news reports in the Japanese media about the difficulties soon-to-be college graduates are having getting 内定 (ないてい naitei), or internal pre-approval for a job (the step usually taken by Japanese companies prior to officially hiring someone) this year due to the bad economy. Young people were being encouraged by employment agencies and others to look at small and midsize companies and not just the large corporations, but one young girl expressed this sentiment, which is probably shared by many of her colleagues:
自分の中では大手企業を希望してます。(じぶんのなかではおおてきぎょうをきぼうしてます jibun no naka de wa ohtekigyou o kibou shitemasu.)
A rough translation of this would be "I want to go to a large corporation" but a nuanced one would be "Within myself, there is a wish for a large corporation". Note the difference in tone - it's really quite passive...one could even say, depending on the tone, passive-aggressive.
I never noticed people using 自分の中 so much say, 10-15 years ago. It must say something about the way people in their 20-30s and younger think these days. (Older people still use watashi, boku etc.)
A boom within myself?
Combining 自分の中 with a typical example of an English word that's incorporated into Japanese and takes on a different meaning from the original, is the phrase
自分の中でブーム (じぶんのなかでぶーむ jibun no naka de buumu)
Directly translated it comes out to 'a boom within myself'. No, that doesn't mean that someone swallowed a bomb that went BOOM, or even that someone had a very spicy burrito and farted...um never mind. ^_^ It uses the meaning of boom as it's defined on this page - "a sudden increase in popularity". So 自分の中でブーム really means that "I am very much into/passonate about/obsessed with (whatever it is)". Example:
最近パンを焼くのが、自分の中でブームです。(saikin pan o yaku noga, jibun no naka de buumu desu.) - Recently, I am very into baking bread.
This use of boom has been turned into it's own new combination wasei-eigo (Japanese-English) word マイブーム (maibuumu), combining "my" and "boom". Many people use that with 自分の中, e.g. 自分の中でマイブーム - a my-boom within myself. A "my-boom" tends to mean a short term obsessive interest in something, that eventually burns out.
I guess you could say that people who are considered to be otaku are always having 自分の中でマイブーム, though it's not limited to those who might be defined as otaku. Though if you look at things a certain way, almost all Japanese people are otaku....
May 14, 2010 3:58:20 PM | japanese
Soushokudanshi: The Herbivore Man
Periodically, I like to look at some popular slang terms in Japan. They may not necessarily increase your knowledge of the Japanese language in a meaningful way, but I think they provide some interesting or funny insight into the culture.
Today's term is
草食男子 (そうしょくだんし)soushoku danshi
The 'danshi' part means boy/boys or man/men. (Alternate: 草食男 (そうしょくおとこ) soushoku otoko) The 'soushoku' part has sometimes been translated as 'vegetarian', but the more accurate meaning would be 'herbivore'. Here are some herbivores in the animal kingdom:
While this would be your typical carnivore:
(Lion photo credit: Arno and Louise)
In Japan, a lot of credibility has traditionally been given to the concept of "you are what you eat", (and for UK readers, I don't mean in the Gillian McKeith way). A person who eats a lot of meat is supposed to be more stereotypically masculine and aggressive, while a person who eats a lot of vegetables and non-meat foods is supposed to be gentle and compliant, like a well behaved donkey or cow.
So, a 'soushoku danshi' is the approximate Japanese equivalent of a metrosexual; someone who is gentle, refined, concerned about his appearance, kind or respectful to the females in his life. He might be more inclined to be perfectly okay with doing the dishes, or babysitting the kids. A soushoku danshi is typically in his teens to 30s - the younger generation, in other words.
Sounds like the perfect modern man, no? Well not really. In that paradoxical way that females want their men to do the dishes but still be 'in charge' and 'manly' and all that, the soushoku danshi is also seen as weak, indecisive, spineless, and just not Man Enough. This past Valentine's Day, there were even 'soushoku otoko' chocolates, for female bosses to give to their spineless underlings to tell them to get a...um, spine. (see Valentine's Day in Japan).
An even more derogatory term for this modern Japanese man is
お嬢マン (おじょうまん) ojou-man
An お嬢さん (おじょうさん ojou-san) or お嬢様 (おじょうさま ojou-sama) is a refined, sometimes spoiled, young lady. 'Ojou-man' is the male version of a young spoiled lady - in other words, a refined being who is passionately interested things like his appearance and fashion.
The soushoku danshi is alternately seen as the doom of Japanese society, or its future, mainly depending on the age of the person talking about them.
Incidentally, the current Prime Minister, Mr. Hatoyama, is seen as being somewhat of a soushoku danshi for his so-far general inability to get much done.
A modern Japanese man really has it tough. He's supposed to be kind and considerate, but still be manly and take-charge. He's supposed to be masculine, but woe on him if he smells bad.
See also: Himono onna.
May 1, 2010 7:59:46 AM | japanese
Osaka loves food, Kyoto loves fashion, and..Tokyo?
New York is the City That Never Sleeps or the Big Apple. Chicago is the Windy City. Paris is the City of Lights. Sayings like this, that try to capture the spirit of a place in a short phrase, exist for Japanese cities too.
A common saying about Osaka is 食い倒れの街 (kui-daore no machi), the town that loves to eat. 食い倒れ means to eat until you drop. This is probably true...Osaka is known for great, cheap eats and is the birthplace of famous street snacks like takoyaki and okonomiyaki.
A lesser known saying takes the phrase and applies it to Kyoto. Kyoto people are generally held to be very おしゃれ (oshare, pronounced o-SHA-reh) or fashionable and well dressed. Therefore, Kyoto is 着倒れの街 (ki-daore no machi), the town that loves to dress up. Kyoto is famous for its beautiful woven kimono silks or Nishijin-ori. People in Kyoto still wear kimonos quite a lot in their daily lives, probably more than in other cities.
An even lesser known saying apparently exists about other cities. Nagoya is said to be 貯め倒れの街 (tame-daore no machi) - the town that loves to save money, or another way of saying Nagoya residents are cheap. Osaka people are generally said to be rather tight with their money too, and often are called the Scots of Japan. (Just as in any other country, various regions of Japan take friendly snipes at each other all the time.) Nara is said to be 寝倒れの街 (ne-daore no machi) or the town that loves to sleep, since the shops there close up fairly early and there's nothing to do (according to some residents) at night.
I haven't really been able to find one phrase that is applied to Tokyo though. I've read 飲み倒れの街 (nomi-daore no machi) - the town that drinks until it drops, or 履き倒れの街 (haki-daore no machi) - the town that loves...shoes? (The last one is also applied to Kobe for some reason.) My favorite -daore phrase applied to Tokyo though is 行き倒れ (iki-daore), which means to drop dead on the street. Tokyo is so crowded and so busy, that you do sort of feeling like dropping to the ground in exhaustion sometimes. ^_^
Apr 18, 2010 6:22:02 PM | japanese, Japanese
In Japan, if you can't speak English, you're a loser in life
A few weeks ago, a language school in Shinjuku, Tokyo with the rather dramatic name of Fortress Japan got into trouble when they were caught, amongst other things, 1. harvesting snail and email addresses under false pretenses (in the guise of conducting surveys), and 2. threatening people to sign up for their English conversation classes by trying to scare them. The specific phrase they used was "If you don't know how to speak English, you will be a -
人生の敗北者 じんせいのはいぼくしゃ jinsei no haibokusha
This literally means a loser in life. The amazing thing to me is that this actually worked on more than a few people, who gave their money over to these people.
I live in Zürich, a multicultural and multi-lingual city where there are lots of ads for language schools. But that doesn't even begin to compare with the number of language-school ads that you see in trains, on billboards and other places in Japan. About 1 in 4 ads seem to be for language schools, and the no. 1 language to be learned (though Chinese seems to be creeping up in popularity) is still English.
What is sad is that by the time they have finished high school, most Japanese people have had at least six years of mandatory English classes, if not more. There are English 'juku' (cram schools, after-school classes) for kids as young as kindergarten age. The widely acknowledged problem with English education in Japan is that it's still oriented towards rote learning of grammar rules and spelling, rather than actually learning how to speak and understand the language - because it's easier to test kids on grammar and such than on if they can conduct a simple conversation.
There have been many attempts made to improve the way in which English is taught in Japan, but still, many people labor to speak it.
I am lucky enough to have learned to speak English when I was very young. It's not even my second language anymore - in terms of ease of use, it may even be my first. Whenever I am in Japan and it comes out that I speak English, the reactions I get are rather interesting. Mostly I just hear "羨ましい (うらやましい urayamashii) - (I'm) envious". But on the negative side, there is a mix of envy, fear, disdain and dismissal. (I've heard other bilingual Japanese people talk about getting this kind of reaction. Kikoku shijo (帰国子女 きこくしじょ), or kids who return to Japan after some time spent in another country, were and may still be regular targets for bullying in Japanese schools.) I think that my English fluency, more than my many years of living outside of Japan, make me an 'other' to a lot of Japanese people. I've even been told, in some off moments by people who were either drunk or just out to be snarky, that I was a 'gaijin' - a foreigner, and that I didn't count as a true Japanese person. Not very nice. I've learned to keep my English-speaking-self under wraps for the most part, since I am not fond of unnecessary conflict.
Still, from now on if I run into such people, I can tell them that they are a loser in life. Or, at least think it silently. ^_^
Mar 2, 2010 4:06:44 PM | english, japanese
Omiyage and the serious business of gift-giving in Japan
I am leaving for Japan next week, but I've already started packing. It's not that I'm bringing an elaborate wardrobe or anything (my clothes will be various shades of black and grey basically) but I have to get a lot of お土産 (おみやげ omiyage). An omiyage is a gift from a trip, to give to family and acquaintances at your destination, whether it's home for you or not. The kanji that make up the word omiyage are 土 (earth or ground) and 産 (product), so theoretically it's a local product from wherever you went to. (Omiyage can also mean 'souvenir', but here I'm going to talk about omiyage as gifts.)
Going to Japan, if you are Japanese or have lived there long enough to be part of a community (or you have Japanese relatives), is an expensive proposition because of that omiyage obligation after a trip. In my case, I'm going to have to dedicate at least half of one suitcase to omiyage, since I haven't been back there in such a long time.
Omiyage-gifts go a bit beyond little souvenir chotchkes. They have to be attractive, and they have to be gift wrapped. Gifts are given not just after traveling, but on many other occasions too. Gifts help to oil the cogs of Japanese society.
The serious business of gift-giving
Tokyo Station omiyage-shop. Photo credit: williacw
In Japan, the gift-giving or 贈答 (ぞうとう zoutou) business is so well oiled that you can easily pick up appropriate, beautifully wrapped gifts at a moment's notice. But when you travel, it can get a bit more difficult. Of course hordes of well heeled Japanese tourists have alerted many businesses, especially on the high end of the fashion and other industries in major tourist destinations, to the need for well-wrapped gifts. In places like Paris there are even businesses dedicated to smoothing the way of the anxious gift-shopping Japanese tourist. (These types of businesses exist in other major cities too, but I seem to notice them particularly in Paris.)
Rules of omiyage as gifts
If you are already deep into Japanese society, or have Japanese relatives, you are probably well acquainted with your omiyage-gift obligations. If you're not though, here are some basic (tongue in cheek) rules to follow. (Do remember that younger (say, under 35 or 40) people don't really go along with all these rules, necessarily. If you're dealing with older or more traditional folk though, it's different.)
The best omiyage is something that can be consumed
Japanese homes -- which are usually tiny, especially in the cities -- are typically already overstuffed with Stuff. You don't want to burden the recipient with something that have to find space for. The gift-giving culture is one reason why things like outrageously expensive melons exist in Japan. An expensive, elaborately wrapped melon makes a great gift.
Food is a great gift. (I plan on bringing several boxes of Swiss chocolates as gifts.) Cosmetics can also be good - perfume, expensive lipstick, etc. (At one time every other Japanese girl was clamouring for Dior or Chanel lipsticks.) Wine and other alcoholic beverages are a good bet too, especially if the country you're coming from is known for them.
The second best omiyage is something expensive with a label on it
The perfect gift for any household with a female in it is an expensive scarf from a well known label. See also: perfume, brand name cosmetics. Expensive ties are a possibility for males, for for them I would stick to food or drink gifts.
The third best omiyage is something for the kids
Remembering the rule about not adding to storage problems, go for small items such as t-shirts, small toys, etc.
Don't gift anything homemade unless you really know the recipient
For the first meeting, don't bring your Aunt Jane's amazing fruit cake, even if it is out of this world. for the fourth or fifth meeting it's probably ok.
Your intended recipient really wants it.
Your recipient may initially act coy about accepting the gift. Just keep politely insisting they take it. It's a sort of weird ritualistic dance.
The recipient may not open the box in front of you.
Don't be surprised or shocked or disappointed if the recipient just puts the gift away, without even opening it. This is fairly usual, especially for people who get tons of gifts. I still remember seeing the 押し入れ (おしいれ oshi-ire, a typical closet of sorts built into all traditional style Japanese homes, where futon are folded and stored) of the father-in-law of one of my uncles, who used to be an executive for a big company. It was packed with boxes of unopened omiyage.
If your gift is perishable, you will want to warn them about it. Here's a short and handy phrase:
すぐ召し上がって下さい。 すぐめしあがってください sugu meshiagatte kudasai. = Please consume right away.
As a non-Japanese, you aren't really expected to bring omiyage
As a non-Japanese person you always have the out of real or pretended ignorance. Japanese people usually assume, rightly or wrongly, that non-Japanese people are utterly unfamiliar with the rules of Japanese society. If you want to save money, you can rely on this.
In my case though, this is not an option...
Jan 8, 2010 8:58:59 AM | japanese
How many nights until New Year's (Oshougatsu)?
In Japan, while Christmas is a popular commercial holiday, it's not even an official national holiday (schools are still in session for example in most areas). The big holiday of this time of year is the New Year's period (お正月 o-shougatsu), including January 1st itself and the days following it. O-shougatsu can either mean New Year's Day itself, or the holiday period after it up to the 7th day after New Year's Day. Most people get at least the first three days of the new year off work and school, and many get the whole week off.
The New Year period really starts around this time of year. The busy end-of-year period is called 師走 (しわす shiwasu), which literally means the master (or teacher/elder - 師 shi) runs around - meaning that it's such a busy time of the year that even the elders are not still. Shiwasu culminates on New Year's Eve, called 大晦日 (おおみそか oh-misoka). Housewives in particular are busy, since tradition dictates that the house must be made clean from top to bottom, and the New Year's feast all prepared, before the new year can be welcomed. (My mom used to lay out new underwear and pyjamas for us every New Year's eve, so we could greet the new year with pristine underpants I suppose.)
A song that kids have sung since it was introduced in the early 20th century that looks forward to New Year's Day is もういくつ寝るとお正月 (もういくつねるとおしょうがつ mou ikutsu neru to oshougatsu), which means "How many nights (to sleep) before it's New Year's?" This simple song was written by a songwriter called Rentaro Taki, who tragically died in 1903 at the young age of 23, but wrote a lot of songs that are still sung to this day. This is his most popular. The lyrics go like this:
もういくつねるとお正月
お正月には 凧あげて
こまをまわして 遊びましょう
はやくこいこいお正月
お正月には まりついて
おいばねついて 遊びましょう
How many nights to sleep until it's New Year's?
On New Year's Day (or during the New Year period) let's fly kites
and play by spinning tops
Come come fast, New Year's
n New Year's Day (or during the New Year period) let's bounce a ball
and play with a shuttlecock
Here's a video of someone singing it reasonably painlessly:
The first verse lists two play activities that are typical 'things that boys do', flying kites and spinning tops, while the second verse lists two typical girls' activities, bouncing a mari or decorative ball and playing hanetsuki, a form of shuttlecock (the precursor of badmington), using highly decorated paddles called hagoita (羽子板) and shuttlecocks called oibane (追い羽根)made of a hard wooden ball and colorful feathers.
Parody versions
This is such a well known song that parody versions abound -- rather like they do for Jingle Bells. Basically the first line stays the same, and the two following lines are changed.
This version was the standard us us kids used to sing over and over, driving our parents nuts:
お正月には餅食って腹を壊して死んじゃった
はやくこいこい霊柩車
How many nights to sleep until New Year's?
At New Year's (someone) ate mochi, got sick and died
Come come quickly funeral car!
初売り (はつうり hatsu uri) is the first sale of the new year; many stores these days open up on the 1st, hoping to lure in shoppers who are bored of lounging around at home. Here's a "hatsu uri reality check" kind of parody version:
お正月には初売りで余計なものを買っちゃた
はやくこいこい給料日
At New Year's (I) bought stuff I didn't need at the Hatsu uri sales
Come come quickly, payday!
お年玉 (おとしだま otoshidama) is a small money gift given to children on New Year's Day. Japanese kids look forward to getting otoshidama in the same way kids in the West look forward to Christmas presents under the tree. (Christmas presents are exchanged in Japan, but on a much smaller scale.) First, an otoshidama parody version from a kid's point of view:
お正月にはお年玉たくさん貰ってWii買うぞ
At New Year's I'm getting a lot of otoshidama and buying a Wii
Come, come fast New Year's!
While kids love getting otoshidama, adults of course feel the financial pinch, especially if they are obligated to give to many nieces, nephews, grandkids, and their own children. So here's the "otoshidama woes" adult point of view version:
お正月には姪が来て甥来て孫来てすっからかん
はやく帰れよガキどもよ
At New Year's the nieces come, the nephews come, the grandkids come...and I'm broke
Go home quickly you brats!
There are a lot of other parodies around, but I've kept it just to the PG-rated ones ^_^.
Do you know any other parody versions? If you know any Japanese people, ask them if they have any!
Dec 17, 2009 5:13:59 PM | japanese
The Great Buddha's Nose Snot
I am a big fan of the BBC television show QI, hosted by Stephen Fry. QI has an amusing Twitter account where they dispense nuggets of obscure and informative trivia. Recently they tweeted this:
Yes this is indeed true. The Japanese name for it is 大仏様の鼻くそ (だいぶつさまのはなくそ daibutsusama no hanakuso). Sold at the gift shops in Nara and online, the company that makes it describes it as a puffed rice snack, coated on the outside with brown sugar, with size brown sugar kompeito candies rattling around inside. The puffs are made to look like The Great Buddha's nose snot, and the kompeito are supposed to bring you luck. Yum.
Not only is the Great Buddha's nose snot available in snack form, so, apparently, is a gorilla's.
(photo by umbrajp)
While The Great Buddha's Nose Snot sounds rather dry, the Gorilla's Nose Snot is more, let's say, sticky. It's made primarily with kuromame amanatto, or black beans cooked in sugar.
As a matter of fact, there are different words for nose snot in Japanese depending on its state. I've often heard it said that the Inuits (Eskimos in non-PC parlance) have lots of words to describe snow, because they live with it all the time. In Japanese there are lots of words to describe stuff that is produced by your body, as I talked about previously. Which may mean that Japanese people are generally comfortable about their bodies, or at least find them humorous.
For nose (鼻 はな hana) snot, there are two main states:
鼻水 はなみず hanamizu - runny, watery snot (mizu is water)
鼻糞 はなくそ hanakuzo - solid snot (kuso is a rather rude way of saying poo or feces, so this is literally 'nose poo'.)
In manga and anime you will often see a character dozing off with a 鼻風船 (はなふうせん hanafuusen), literally 'nose balloon', protruding from his nose. This is rather viscous snot with air trapped inside; in manga it's a shorthand way of depicting that someone is sleeping, often while snoring too.
When I was growing up, I was often warned to stop putting my finger up my nose to scratch out my snot (you know, as kids do. You mean you didn't....?) If I kept doing this, I was told, my nostrils will grow huge, and I'll look like a piggy. I must have believed this because I did stop putting my fingers up there for exploration. Japanese girls are somewhat obsessed with having cute little noses - a 'piggy nose' (ブタ鼻 ぶたばな butabana) is considered to be very unattractive. In manga and anime shorthand, an ugly girl is often depicted with a butabana.
Back to the snot snacks. Both the Great Buddha Snot and the Gorilla's Nose Snot are derived from traditional Japanese sweets that are sadly no longer that popular amongst kids. The re-purposing of these traditional sweets with names that would make a kid giggle and try it, is a rather ingenious way of introducing them to their cultural food heritage, I think.
Nov 19, 2009 2:39:23 AM | Food and Drink, japanese
Himono onna: Dried fish woman
Hi! I'm back! The first draft of my bento cookbook is in, and I now have a bit more time for other writing. So many people asked when this blog would be back...so here it is. I hope you'll continue to enjoy it.
So, today's word is another zokugo (俗語 ぞくご)or slang word that is popular recently:
干物女 ひものおんな himono onna
You may already know that onna (女 おんな)means woman. Himono (干物 ひもの)means any kind of dried food, but it usually means a dried or semi-dried fish. Himono are often eaten for breakfast, and are a popular breakfast item at traditional inns. Here's a grilled horse mackerel or aji (鯵 あじ)himono.
Photo by yskfj
So, what is a himono onna or dried-fish woman? It means an unmarried woman, usually in her late 29s to 30s or older, who has given up on love and sex, and is content - or resigned to - live on her own. A himono onna generally regards all that lovey-romantic stuff as too much of a bother, or mendokusai (面倒臭い めんどくさい). In fact, mendokusai is her first motivation, or un-motivation, for everything. She's stopped trying to impress the opposite sex, doesn't bother dressing attractively and goes around in the most comfortable clothes possible, including going sans bra or no-bura (ノーブラ). She may also stop paying too much attention to things like personal hygiene, or at least stop bothering with makeup, going more than once or twice a year to the hairdresser, doing her nails, and things like that, except when she goes to work. Anticipating the possibility that she will have no children to take care of her in her old age, she may be saving up a lot of her money, buying her own apartment or house (until recently it was practically unheard of for a single woman to buy her own place) - or she may be spending money on herself at will.
According the the Japanese Wikipedia entry on himono onna, she may also:
Be very late replying to emails, because it's too much of a bother (mendokusai).
Eat snacks and simple meals standing up at the kitchen sink
If she forgets something in her house after she's put her shoes on (remember that in Japan, one always removes ones shoes when entering the house) she may go and get it on her knees, shoes in the air
Stop plucking, waxing or shaving her body hair during the winter
Is not afraid of going to a traditional pub or izakaya (居酒屋 izakaya) on her own
Has stopped having 'heart-quickening moments' (i.e., romantic moments or getting excited about anything)
All this may sound like a misogynistic put-down of unmarried women, but in fact many women have embraced the term themselves. There are blogs out there by himono onna. This one in particular, called The Himono Onna's Household Budget Book or "Himono Onna no Kakeibo" (干物女の家計簿 - see more about kakeibo) - is very funny and cute. The blogger illustrates her posts with the most adorable drawings, where she depicts herself as a fat, clumsy seal or azarashi (あざらし) stumbling through life. In her profile, at the left of the page, she says she's 30, an OL (office lady), and her annual income is 3.64 million yen (US$40,520), and her savings are an impressive 4.57 million yen (US$50,854).
I'm rather dessicated myself...
Here's why I'm busy...
Just a quick note: I'm not going to shut down this blog forever entirely! I might bring it back in a different form, but it will be back. Also, this is why I'm sort of busy these days. In the meantime, I've been getting a lot of nice messages from people who are enjoying the archives. I hope you'll continue to do so. ^_^
Sep 15, 2009 5:57:33 AM | japanese


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Beets are both wonderfully flavourful and packed with nutrients. This quick-and-easy salad can play multiple roles, from decadent dinner-side to packed to-go lunch.
Heat the beet slices in a cast iron pan until they begin to become golden on the outer surfaces.
Toss the spinach in a large salad bowl with the olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper.
Pile the spinach into two bowls. Place the beet slices on top. Sprinkle with the nuts and optional feta. Serve.


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