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Vasile Bolea (n. 27 octombrie 1982 în Moscova) este un politician, jurist și fost rugbist din Republica Moldova, care din noiembrie 2014 este deputat în Parlamentul Republicii Moldova, ales pe lista Partidului Socialiștilor din Republica Moldova (PSRM). Din anul 2019 este președintele Comisiei juridice, numiri și imunități a Parlamentului și este secretar al fracțiunii PSRM în Parlament.

Înainte de a se implica în politică, Vasile Bolea a fost rugbist de performanță. De-a lungul carierei sale sportive a jucat pe postul de pilier dreapta, pilier stânga, dar și în linia a doua. A jucat și rugby–7, fiind titular în echipa Moldovei care a obținut cea mai mare performanță a sa la nivel internațional – medalia de bronz la Campionatul European din 2007.

Cariera sportivă
Bolea și-a început cariera de rugbist la echipele chișinăuene, apoi a fost selecționat în echipa națională a Moldovei. Peste un timp, s-a transferat la echipa ucraineană Aviator Kiev, cu care în trei ani a obținut trei medalii în campionatul Ucrainei, una de bronz și două de argint.

Tot cu Aviator Kiev, Vasile Bolea a jucat de trei ori în finala Cupei Ucrainei la rugby, pierzând de fiecare dată în fața celor de la HTZ Harkov. Ulterior, Bolea s-a transferat la Credo Odesa, formație cu care din primul sezon a câștigat titlul național.

Concomitent cu cariera de sportiv, Bolea a studiat și a absolvit Facultatea de Drept, devenind ulterior avocat.

După un meci al naționalei Moldovei disputat la Heidelberg, Bolea a fost aproape de un transfer la campioana Germaniei, dar în cele din umră transferul a eșuat din cauza procedurilor birocratice legate de deschiderea vizei, care s-au întins timp îndelungat, împiedicând mutarea.

În 2013 Vasile Bolea a candidat la funcția de președinte al Federației Moldovenești de Rugby, dar n-a fost admis în concurs pe motiv că nu a plătit cotizațiile de membru timp de câțiva ani și din aceste considerente nu mai făcea parte din federație. El a declarat atunci că nu a plătit cotizația de membru (100 de lei lunar) pentru că Federația de Rugby activa ilegal deja de 3 ani (la acel moment) și că va cere instituțiilor de resort sa verifice acest lucru.

Cariera politică

În toamna anului 2012, Vasile Bolea, împreună cu Vlad Batrîncea și Grigore Novac a depus la Curtea de Apel Chișinău o cerere (din partea Fundației "Soluția") privind evacuarea pietrei comemorative în memoria victimelor ocupației sovietice instalate în Piața Marii Adunări Naționale. Atunci instanța a hotărât că cererea depusă de  împotriva Primăriei Chișinău este nefondată. În vara anului 2014, în timp ce la Bruxelles avea loc semnarea Acordului de Asociere și Liber Schimb dintre Republica Moldova și Uniunea Europeană, reprezentanți ai Partidului Socialiștilor, în frunte cu Vasile Bolea și deputatul Ion Ceban, au organizat un protest în fața sediului Comisiei Europene la Chișinău, scandând mesaje antieuropene și militând pentru organizarea în Republica Moldova a unui referendum în această problemă.

Vasile Bolea a fost prezent la majoritatea protestelor organizate de PSRM în ultimii ani, dar și la multe dezbateri din campania electorală din 2014. Alături de colegii săi, el a insistat asupra interzicerii prin lege a unionismului și a introducerii în școli drept discipline obligatorii a cursurilor "Istoria Moldovei" și "Limba moldovenească". El mai promitea atunci alegătorilor că dacă ajunge la guvernare, PSRM va reduce în jumătate tarifele la gaze, energie electrică și utilități; în 4 ani va crea 112 întreprinderi și 200 000 de locuri de muncă, va oferi burse mai mari și pensii majorate cu cel puțin 20%.

În prezent Vasile Bolea este președinte al Asociației Municipale de Rugby din Chișinău. De asemenea, Bolea ocupă postul de șef al departamentul juridic al fundației de binefacere "Soluția", fondată de Igor Dodon în septembrie 2011. Este membru al Consiliului republican al PSRM.

La alegerile parlamentare din 30 noiembrie 2014 din Republica Moldova Bolea a candidat din partea Partidului Socialiștilor din Republica Moldova, de pe poziția a 14-a în listă, în urma totalizării rezultatelor devenind deputat în Parlamentul Republicii Moldova.

Pe 14 mai 2015, Vasile Bolea și Andrei Neguța au fost delegați de Partidul Socialiștilor, alături de Artur Reșetnicov și Vladimir Vitiuc (de la PCRM) și Dumitru Diacov și Sergiu Sîrbu (de la PD) – într-un grup parlamentar de lucru privind proiectul de lege promovat de către comuniști, care vizează aprobarea "neutralității permanente" a Republicii Moldova.

Pe 19 mai 2015, consilierii comuniști din Consiliul municipal Chișinău au anunțat în cadrul conferințe de presă că vor cere ajutorul colegilor din fracțiunea parlamentară a PCRM pentru retragerea imunității parlamentare a deputaților Anatolie Labuneț, Grigore Novac, Ion Ceban, Vasile Bolea și Marina Radvan, după ce aceștia împreună cu câțiva consilieri și aleși PSRM au provocat bătăi la ședința Primăriei Municipiului Chișinău și pe un șantier de construcții din Chișinău.

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A company called Uber and others like it have reinvented the way in which people can find a ride. By using Uber's software app on your phone, you can find an Uber driver near you that can come and pick you up and give you a ride to your desired destination. These services can be found throughout Minnesota and there is no doubt that these apps can increase the convenience of finding a ride. However, is the convenience offered by this new service really worth what you could be giving up in safety and security?
Uber does not consider itself to be a cab company. Instead, Uber "compares itself to the auction site eBay, connecting a buyer and seller but not liable for what happens between them." For this reason, these companies argue that they should not have to regulate their drivers when it comes to training, insurance, background checks, or the safety of the drivers' cars. In fact, there is no guarantee that your driver knows what he is doing or that you would be properly compensated if injured. Furthermore, courts have yet to determine who should be responsible when something goes wrong.
In Minnesota, individual cities regulate small vehicle passenger services or taxi cab companies and the State requires that, at a minimum, each city must create a law which provides for driver qualifications, insurance, vehicle safety, and periodic vehicle inspections.
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More and more brands find themselves in an uncomfortable reality where their customers' business and loyalty are harder to win and maintain. New competitors play by different rules and cherry pick the best customers. This situation reflects an underlying challenge—customers have shifted their focus away from products and services to their experiences when using products to attain outcomes. Chief Customer Officers are increasingly hired by CEOs and boards to improve customer experience holistically, across all enterprise touchpoints.
Providers have always competed for business, but the battleground has changed, from brand and product to empowering customer outcomes.
Digital has been reverberating throughout business and society since the mid nineties, when the Web achieved mass adoption. Twenty years on, smartphones, tablets, wearables, and all kinds of "smart" devices (IoT) add to the list of channels and interfaces used by customers when they're interacting with organizations, and their holistic impression of their interactions is "customer experience" (CX). It's important to realize that organizations don't create CX—customers do—but organizations often have a major impact on it. Providing seamless experience for customers to use is very difficult for organizations to deliver, but it's increasingly table stakes.
Moreover, CX is a new world for teams that have been focused on their firms and products for generations. Organizations usually have very superficial knowledge of their customers' outcomes, which limits their ability to empathize and serve—and retain their customers (and other stakeholders like employees, partners, and communities). Customers increasingly realize that they are in the driver's seat.
Practically speaking, though, where does this leave large organizations? As described in more detail in The Social Channel, the economics of the Industrial Economy organization have broken down—because efficient organization spontaneously coalesces everywhere now, so the organization's efficiency competitive advantage is evaporating. The good news: organizations that pivot to Knowledge Economy thinking will enjoy even higher profits.
Customer success is an exciting trend that's being largely driven by forward-thinking hightech firms whose investors and executives have started practicing what CMOs and CSOs have said for decades—keeping a customer is more efficient that onboarding a new customer. Finally, customer success software platforms are sophisticated and easy-to-use enough to make it practical to refocus the firm on focusing on customers' outcomes ("success"). In most firms, customer success is embedded at the middle management layer of the company.
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Now that we've finally come out of the closet with our big move coming up, I feel like I'm finally able to write about so many other things happening in our lives right now. I'm excited to get these things written down so that we can remember them for ourselves, but I also hope that sharing this experience might be good for someone else too.
We've been talking about sending Em to the special needs preschool at our local public school for months now. That was always the plan, and though I was hesitant to send her at such a young age, I ultimately came to terms with the fact that early intervention is the best thing for her to get her caught up on skills as soon as possible.
Last Tuesday Em's teacher called me and wanted me to come into the classroom while the kids were doing circle time for the two of us to talk, and for me to observe the classroom and see the kinds of things that they'll be doing in there.
When we were talking the teacher told me that all special needs students ride the bus (something we had been expecting for months now), but that the kids get there at 7:15 to eat breakfast before the school day starts at 7:50. I explained to the teacher that I was very concerned about this because Em is so small and has had a pretty traumatic experiences with food from a young age (AKA choking at every meal for a few months before she finally learned to eat), and because of it she never eats for babysitters currently (with the exception of one of my friends who she will eat cereal and chips from), and that I would feel more comfortable if she could eat breakfast at home, and then I bring her to the school for the start of the school day at 7:50. The teacher told me in that meeting that it is a part of the special needs program that all kids attend breakfast and that I basically didn't have a choice in the matter.
I wanted the comfort of knowing that she had a good breakfast before going to school. I was fine with the teacher's request that she has the cafeteria food with her friends for lunch since it's a half day program and if she didn't eat lunch, she would be home in an hour to eat lunch with me anyways. But her teacher seemed very unwilling to negotiate the breakfast issue.
Feeling discouraged and reluctant, I went back to the school later that afternoon for her big IEP meeting with the same teacher, and all the school therapists as well. During the meeting I expressed my concern about Em eating breakfast at school and asked again if there was any way we could make an exception for Em and they straight up told me that breakfast wasn't a requirement and that I was more the able to bring her in at 7:50 when the school day started if that's what I wanted to do. I looked over at the teacher who didn't say anything except had this look on her face like, "oh crap I just got caught in a lie."
And that's basically what set the entire thing downhill. I was really annoyed that someone would lie to me about something so small the first day meeting her. In my mind, if the teacher was already lying to me on the first day, what else was she going to lie about later in the year? To me it seemed like she had her own agenda for Em and she would have said or done whatever she needed to to make her plans happen.
Another thing that I really didn't like was that when I went into the classroom to observe "circle time", it was a group of kids all sitting in a semi circle staring up at a projector screen of what appeared to be youtube videos going through the colors and the days of the weeks. I'm sorry, but how is that any different than my child being at home watching Blue Clues? If I'm sending my daughter to a preschool program, special needs or not, I expect her to get the same teacher led circle time instruction that her brother is getting at his preschool program.
Ultimately, if we were staying in Georgia for the entire school year I would have pushed all this at the school a little more and demanded that she be choiced into another school because this one obviously was not a good fit for her. If I'm giving my special needs child to someone to care for her for any part of the day, I need to know that I can trust that teacher 100%, and in this case, after being lied to on day one, I didn't have that trust at all.
I'm grateful for this experience because it helps me to be better prepared when we go through all of this when we get to Utah next month and I work on getting her into preschool there. I'll be better informed on what type of program I want for her, and what to look for in a teacher. I also wasn't very impressed that Em was the only kid in the class who couldn't walk, and would like to see her placed with more kids that were on her level both physically and mentally. So for now I'm just taking deep breaths, and hoping for a better preschool situation in a couple weeks.
First off, I am a former sp. education teacher and what that teacher did was a bunch of bull. Parents are the ultimate decision makers and are always part of the team between the school staff at each IEP meeting. You made a great choice getting her out of that teacher's hands. She ought to be ashamed of herself for putting you through that discouragment. I think you will find a better fit for her elsewhere. Don't be discouraged. The day will come and you will feel great.
I so appreciate hearing your opinion on this since you've clearly been there! We're keeping our fingers crossed for a much better experience when we move in a few weeks!
Great post! As a teacher myself, I love hearing the other side of things, especially what parents think. Lots of times teacher use youtube and such websites because we are pushed sooooo hard by administration to utitilize technology for nearly every lesson of the day. And maybe the teacher didn't realize that administration would bend the rules for your daughter on eating breakfast? Either way, I'm glad you came up with a solution for your daughter- mother always knows best! And your litle girl is just adorable.
After talking to the school counselor about all of my concerns, it turns out that basically everything this teacher told me is untrue... how she's still teaching, I have no clue.
I know nothing about children at all, but it seems like you did the right thing. Having a teacher lie to you almost instantly is a huge red flag, and if you don't think something is right for your child, that is completely your decision. Hopefully Utah will produce better pre-schools for you two!
Yes! Keeping our fingers crossed for a program that is a better fit in a few weeks!


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Penn Badgley Criticizes "Privileged-Ass White" Stars For Taking Roles From Marginalized Actors
Penn Badgley Quotes About White Actors 2018
December 24, 2018 by Quinn Keaney First Published: December 21, 2018
Update, 12/27: Badgley clarified his quotes on Twitter, noting that his original statement to PinkNews included the curse "damn," not "f*cking."
Original: It's a Hollywood tale as old as time at this point: a story about a marginalized individual is adapted as a film or TV series, but the main character is inevitably, and disappointingly, played by a white performer.
Examples include the 2016 backlash to Scarlett Johansson's starring role in Ghost in the Shell, in which she plays an Asian character — and again in 2018, when Johansson announced she'd be adapting and starring in a film titled Rub & Tug, which follows crime boss Dante "Tex" Gill, a transman who operated massage parlors and prostitution rings in Pittsburgh in the 1970s (she, a cisgender woman, would be playing Tex). Jack Whitehall, a straight man, also faced criticism this year when he was cast to play Disney's first openly gay character in Jungle Cruise.
Now, Gossip Girl alum Penn Badgley is calling out the privileged white stars who he says shouldn't be accepting these roles in the first place; instead, he argues, let them be played by actors from marginalized communities.
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"In reality, we have basically, like, privileged-ass white people playing everybody, and so we need to stop that," Badgley told UK outlet PinkNews on Thursday. "If anybody exists at any kind of intersection of oppression beyond the box of white male, I'd say let's make damn sure that they're being represented by the people who have lived this experience [and] not have people who haven't lived the experience portraying them. Because then at the end of the day you're getting a real portrayal."
PinkNews then asked Badgley if gay and trans actors should play gay and trans roles on screen, to which he noted that in a perfect world free of racism and homophobia, any actor would play any role. "But that's not the world we live in," he explained. "We live in a world that does not recognize virtually anyone outside of the white male or the beautiful white woman who has to be an object of desire and affection."
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The 32-year-old You star's comments are reminiscent of Darren Criss's recent conversation with Bustle, to which he told he would no longer be accepting queer roles like the ones he's played in American Crime Story and Glee.
"There are certain [queer] roles that I'll see that are just wonderful," Criss said. "But I want to make sure I won't be another straight boy taking a gay man's role."
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Seating Presidents, setting precedence
The remark, "If not now then when, If not us then who," originally related to Robert Kennedy's rhetorical question turned motivational factor, when he posed it to his reluctant elder brother in an effort to aid in his decision to seek the seat of this nation's highest office.
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AILEY II Dance Company comes to the Koger Center
Columbia, SC – Mary Skinner Jones was looking for just the right group to launch The Renaissance Foundation's arts-in-education Edu-History Program. But she didn't hold out much hope that her first choice would be the group that she landed. "With the Alvin Ailey program, availability is always an issue because they are in such high demand," says Skinner-Jones, the Foundation's executive director. "But we held on to this date for almost a year and it paid off!" Rusty Sox, Senior Manager, South Carolina Arts Commission, "Ailey II is one of the most renowned dance companies in the country, and it's always cause for celebration for when they come to South Carolina."
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Premature demise of LSU Tigers prove to be greatly exaggerated
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COLUMBIA – The premature demise of Louisiana State University (LSU) prior to its recent visit to the capital city of the Palmetto State proved to be greatly exaggerated following its 24-17 knockout of South Carolina Saturday night (Oct. 18).
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Panthers apparently re-discover toughness in decisive win over Saints
CHARLOTTE – After falling flat on their faces opposite National Football Conference (NFC) rival Tampa Bay, in the Sunshine State recently, Carolina apparently re-discovered its toughness in another NFC South Division game this past weekend.
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Preach – Independent Spotlight
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Colin Powell's GOP Payback
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's endorsement of Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama was a mere formality. Powell pretty much hinted that Obama would get the nod from him when he repeatedly dropped glowing and admiring words about Obama over the past few months. Powell's stated motive for breaking with GOP ranks and endorsing Obama is by now standard stuff. He'll put a fresh, new, or as Powell called it "transformational" face on America's much bruised and maligned foreign policy.
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Merit is More than Numbers
Most people think of affirmative action in the context of access to education. Whether we call it affirmative action or diversity, there is a widely shared belief that any process that considers race or gender in evaluating an application for admission is unfair. Actually, the reverse is true.
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Suraj Jagan is often a rock vocalist and playback singer. Bitten since of the music bug in a younger age, he droppped out from greater education to pursue a job in music.
He also sung the song Zehreelay with the movie Rock On wherever he really done the song as Component of the movie. He also performed a part in composing the tune on the song and in a few cases experienced a short performing stint inside the Movement picture pursuing the song. "Zehreelay" has become considered to be a craze setter of types inside the Hindi music field as it really is concerned as the initial out and out rock music in Bollywood.
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White sandy beaches, lazy strolls through the night bazaars, relaxing with a cool, refreshing drink after an activity-filled day – all this sounds like a great retirement plan, right? More and more people are successfully finding their retirement home in a foreign country – from the low cost of living to the scenic views and ideal weather, these circumstances create the perfect atmosphere for retiring abroad.
As people search for their ideal international retirement residence, they seek breathtaking views, a variety of activities, and a community in which they can live and contribute to. It is very important, when considering any of these beautiful places, to thoroughly research some of the following concerns in respect to what health care looks like and how insurance will be able to assist you in your destination.
In the thrill of finding a wonderful retirement location, the rest of the logistics are often forgotten. There are some challenges to retiring abroad. Just because a place has a low exchange rate, this does not mean it will fall within your budget and retirement income. Be sure to check what the actual cost of living looks like. Another important item to remember is that you may have to continue paying taxes in your home country, it is worthwhile and essential to be aware of your home country obligations. The third and most daunting piece of research is that of expatriate insurance. Moving to another country is exciting, growing sick or becoming injured while living in another country is very much the opposite. When finding international health insurance for retirement, the following aspects are very important in finding the right one.
Individuals typically receive more benefits the younger they are when they apply for expatriate health insurance. Starting to plan for worldwide health insurance early in your retirement planning is definitely a step in the right direction. An individual that is over sixty will find higher premiums and possibly even more expensive medical care in their country of residence. Be assertive and watchful, for there are a variety of insurance plans that will only accept new members up to a certain age. Be sure you fully understand what your benefits, premiums, and processes are for expatriate insurance at any age close to and exceeding sixty. As you age, there are policies that will exclude your pre-existing conditions or deny you coverage due to your age. Don't wait until you sick or injured- the prime to purchase is when you are healthy.
As you continue your international health and medical insurance search read carefully on what is covered regarding pre-existing conditions. These days, there are some common conditions that will be included in your policy since more and more, many conditions are considered 'manageable' and therefore, lower risk than in previous years. Most expatriate insurance companies will look at each application on an individual basis and acceptance is quite possible with these and other conditions. Read thoroughly about what your potential health insurance plan states when it comes to pre-existing conditions. When moving out of the country, it is recommended that going through the underwriting process and completing the waiting period before going overseas will make the road to coverage much smoother. Also, explore the list of exclusions and thoroughly understand what your benefits are with your worldwide health insurance plan.
While you may be surprised by what you find is covered when it comes to your health insurance for retirement, you may be just as surprised at what it does not cover. It is common for your policy to exclude any drug addiction therapy or the like and to also often exclude alternative treatment options—such as yoga or acupuncture. Keep this in mind as well, especially if you are planning retirement to a community specializing in alternative therapies.
What is covered in your international health insurance policy will vary depending on your location. For example, if you're retiring to Ecuador, your potential medical needs may be very different than if you were retiring to Spain. However, at the same time, you will find that the treatment you receive is comparable, due to the fact that most of the doctors in retirement locations have attained their training in the United States or in Europe. Wherever you go, the healthcare will look different than what you received at home, and it is important to ask your insurance provider specific and thoughtful questions to learn just what they will offer you in the policy.
Finding your perfect retirement location is possible and it will happen as long as you are thorough in your research and planning. Along with finding international health insurance for retirement, visiting your potential healthcare institutions at your destination will also give you a good idea of what care will be available when you need it. Taking these steps will ensure a fun, relaxing and well-deserved retirement.


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Report: Pompeo Lifts Previously Unknown Hold On Economic Aid To Lebanon
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a press conference after a meeting with Turkish President, in Ankara, Turkey, on October 17, 2019. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)
By Cristina Cabrera
Apparently there was even more aid to Lebanon that the Trump administration had been quietly withholding.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the release of $115 million in economic aid to Lebanon on Thursday after the funds had been frozen for a month, Bloomberg reported.
Four unnamed sources told Bloomberg that U.S. Agency for International Development deputy administrator Bonnie Glick froze the aid after she had spoken with Deputy National Security Adviser Victoria Coates and "hardliners in Congress," in Bloomberg's words.
The report marks a second time in less than two weeks that congressionally approved aid to Lebanon was revealed to have been delayed, then abruptly released by the Trump administration.
On December 2, the administration finally gave Lebanon the $105 million in military aid that the Office of Management and Budget had been withholding for months without explanation.
Cristina Cabrera (@crismcabrera) is a newswriter at TPM based in New York. She previously worked for Vocativ, USA Today and NY1 News.
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Vladimir Chisnakov, held the position of First Vice-president, Linear & Logistics Division, left the Group and resigned from the Management Board.
«We wish to thank Mr. Chisnakov for the major contribution to the implementation of key business objectivies he made. Streamlining end-to-end transportation has launched under his leadership, also geographical reach of FESCO services has been expanded and some measures of operational efficiency increasing have successfully implemented. We wish Vladimir the very best in his future endeavors and are delighted to welcome Konstantin Teterin, Chief Operating Officer at FIT LLC, as the new Vice-president for Linear & Logistics Division. We are confident that his knowledge of company business and also professional strength will ensure the further development of FESCO linear and logistics business», Aleksandrs Isurins said.


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Today - Sunny with a high of 103 °F (39.4 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph).


The once long-lost journal of Max Morgan, proprietor of Paris's most infamous 1940s Jazz Club.
The first edition first printing replete with very rare information slip from the publishers.
Aerobleu was the most notorious jazz and cocktail bar in the grit of 1940s Paris; renowned for its raucous all-night sessions, and counting Jane Flammer, Hemmingway, Picasso, and Bogart amongst its patrons. Its owner, Max Morgan, won a DC-3 at an all night poker game during one such outrageous evening, and took to the skies with the likes of Max Roach and Miles Davis.
Here we have his pilot's journal, long believed lost after his mysterious disappearance in Havana. Reproduced from hand script exactly as it was written, this fascinating document chronicles Morgan's relationships with legendary musicians, his insatiable appetite for flirtation, and his sensational adventures abroad.
A striking insight into the heart and mind of the man who personified the golden age of jazz.
Externally, very smartly bound in brown and black paper, with aluminium slipcase. Lovely Condition.
Internally, very firmly bound. Imitation foxing but no signs of actual wear/handling.
Aluminium slipcase with coloured stamp; exhibiting minimal abrasion as to be expected from any unfinished aluminium surface, with antique store sticker to back.


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Ricoh Asia Pacific receives the Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards 2017 for its sustainable business practices
by Ricoh Asia Pacific 09 Nov 2017
SINGAPORE, 9 November, 2017 – Ricoh Asia Pacific have received the Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards from the Global Compact Network Singapore. This award recognizes Ricoh for demonstrating excellence sustainability in the Sustainable Business Category. The awards ceremony which took place on 8 November was graced by the presence of Mr. Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance. Ricoh Asia Pacific is honoured and proud to be the first and the only Japanese Multinational Corporation in the Office Imaging Equipment & Solution industry receiving this prestigious recognition in Singapore on Corporate Sustainability.
Mr. Kazuhisa Goto, Managing Director of Ricoh Asia Pacific, representing Ricoh to receive the award from Mr. Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance.
Mr. Goto and Ricoh's representatives taking group photo with Minister and Ms. Goh Swee Chen, President of Global Compact Network Singapore.
Mr. Kazuhisa Goto, Managing Director of Ricoh Asia Pacific, expresses his delight: "The Ricoh Way represents our values, and act as the fundamental approach in the area of our business planning, quality assurance and corporate social responsibility. Where we are today will never be made possible without the hard work of our team and active participation of all stakeholder. We will continue to humble ourselves with a constant learning attitude, keep up with our current achievements and strive for the better to continue bringing values to people and the society."
Ricoh Asia Pacific's sustainability journey began as early as 2004 by first inculcating the Eco Office concept into the office environment and since then, actively engage in the environmental conservation activities and the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint (SSB) with governmental organisations such as the Ministry for the Environment and Water Resources, National Parks Board, National Environment Agency, Public Utility Board and the Nature Society (Singapore).
Ricoh Asia Pacific is the pioneer and organizer who has initiated the annual Eco Action Day campaign in Singapore since 2007 to commemorate the World Environment Day. This year, Ricoh integrated the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as part of the campaign by launching the Eco Action Day Youth Challenge and Industry Roundtable.
Globally, in April this year, Ricoh Group have newly established five materiality issues namely, Productivity Enhancement, Intelligence Creation, Quality of Life (QOL), Enhancement Zero-carbon Society and Circular Economy, to align its Three Ps Balance with the identified United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. By addressing these issues of materiality, Ricoh will set realistic targets based on these issues and reinforce the initiatives through its business to enhance a sustainable society.
As the first Japanese company to join the RE100, the world's influential companies that are committed to 100% renewable power, Ricoh Group has committed to using a minimum of 30% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% by 2050. As the regional headquarter, Ricoh Asia Pacific took the lead to switch to the use of clean energy this year and by 2019, the regional office will be 100% powered using the renewable source.
For more information about the Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards 2017: https://sustainabilityawards.sg/
* As part of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) network, Global Compact Network Singapore (also referred to as Global Compact) encourages and facilitates the progress of companies that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with UNGC's 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption at the country level.
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Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. For more than 80 years, Ricoh has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2017, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,028 billion yen (approx. 18.2 billion USD).
For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com


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Stibiveri (detta anche Stiberi) è una località di 9 abitanti del comune di Borzonasca, nella valle Sturla, a circa 620 metri sul livello del mare; dista dal capoluogo comunale circa 10 km.

È situato in posizione panoramica con vista sul monte Bregaceto, il lago di Giacopiane, il torrente Sturla ed il monte Zatta.

Nelle vicinanze si trovano gruppi di case a Seigreia (o selva nera) o sul crinale di Reizasca che chiude l'acrocoro dell'alta valle sturla ad ovest.

Storia
Le sue origini risalgono all'alto medioevo, probabilmente coeve alle vicine Temossi e Bertigaro (Temosum e Butigarum) ed il cognome più diffuso è Gatto. Si tramanda che avesse avuto origine da due fratelli che, provenienti da Viterbo come coloni, si stanziarono in questo paesino remoto.

Il borgo è costituito da poche case che si sviluppano intorno alla vecchia strada mulattiera che dal mare, e quindi da Borzonasca, risalendo il corso del torrente Sturla arrivava al crinale del monte Bozale e da qui scendeva verso la val d'Aveto e quindi alla pianura mentre rimangono tracce di un antico mulino. La strada carrozzabile, proveniente dalla SP 586 è arrivata solo alla fine degli anni settanta del secolo scorso, chiudendo così un lungo isolamento.

L'economia era legata alla sussistenza attraverso piccoli campi coltivati ad ortaggi, patate, granoturco mentre alberi da frutta e castagni, oggi in abbandono, restano a testimonianza di una civiltà contadina emigrata nel mondo, in genere in America del Nord.

Poco sopra a Stibiveri si trova la località La Squazza, sulla strada provinciale che conduce al passo della Forcella con poche case ed un albergo, ora in disuso, dove il popolare attore dialettale Gilberto Govi amava trascorrere le vacanze estive. La località è stata oggetto, il 15 febbraio 1945, di una feroce rappresaglia nazifascista, in cui furono fucilati dieci partigiani che erano detenuti nelle carceri di Chiavari, per ritorsione all'uccisione di un alpino della divisione Monterosa della Repubblica di Salò. L'eccidio è tuttora ricordato con una lapide.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse
La chiesa parrocchiale, da poco restaurata, è dedicata a san Pietro, mentre il cimitero in posizione dominante si raggiunge con una impervia scalinata costruita, si racconta dagli uomini del villaggio, alla fine del XVIII secolo, trasportando le pietre da una cava situata nel vicino crinale di Reizasca.

Poco dopo la Squazza, in località Ruerejo, si trova una cappelletta votiva che fu costruita circa negli anni cinquanta da Antonio Gatto, un emigrato negli Stati Uniti in onore della Madonna della Guardia: la vista è pregevole su tutta la valle.

Le località vicine sono Acero, Bertigaro, Belpiano, Malanotte, Campori e Casali, quest'ultimo è una casa fortezza che comprendeva una prigione, utilizzata per duecento anni ed una sezione distaccata del tribunale di Chiavari. Annessa alla piccola chiesetta, di proprietà dei Della Cella vi era un cimitero.

Note

Bibliografia
 Rosaria Arena: Borzonasca e la Valle Sturla, Genova, Erga edizioni, 1987.

Voci correlate
 Liguria
 Provincia di Genova
 Valle Sturla
 Borzonasca

Collegamenti esterni

Frazioni di Borzonasca

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So it's the weekend again, or almost. Thursday nights are sometimes a flurry of finishing-up-work, running errands to pick up trail chow and packing for a weekend backpacking trip. Is it only 8:20? Somehow I managed to run nearly seven miles after work today, followed up by tea-and-a-hot-bath, so it feels later than it actually is. I'm still processing the photos from the last hiking excursion I made back to Glacier View in early October. I'm ready to search out more compositions for my lens. I'm ready to spend an extended period of time with adults. I'm ready to be quiet and not in charge. I'm ready to take a break from speaking in German. Weekend, come quickly.
The last weekend trip I made with a friend brought me to a ridge line edged by sheer cliffs overlooking the Matanuska River valley, and facing a series of peaks to the southeast. I was invited by a local whom I had met at a rock climbing festival earlier in the year, who was sorely disappointed that I had not brought along my climbing gear. He showed me a couple of bouldering locations he'd been working on and hoped to improve by cleaning out the moss, lichen, and bits of earth wedged deep in the cracks of the massive stone. I can't say I'm drawn to bouldering, but I haven't done it much. I suppose the idea of one bad fall splintering my spinal column is enough to turn me off. Unlike rock climbing with a belay partner, the safety features of bouldering involves only fall cushions and spotting partners. Kind of gives me the willies. Maybe I just haven't found the right rock to grapple with yet.
With only about five hours to spare, we hiked quickly, making time for photography as much as possible, taking breaks for tea and coffee, and calling the dog away from every edge. A curious animal with an uncanny aptitude for the epic dog pose, Taco braved every ledge and scraped his way up all the scree, and finally bloodied his paw on a sharp stone which cut into the skin around a front claw. Rather than whining, he struck the Noble Hound pose and waited patiently to be tended.
Snow lay in soft heaps among mint-green lichen, grasses, and alder scrub. Rocky outcroppings, mottled sandy red, tan, grey and ashy black, jutted up out of the earth, bare, with straggling roots of stumpy, windblown spruce gripping a hold through the the thin soil. A pale sky lay white against white mountain peaks, which teased the photographer in me, surrounded as I was with a riveting composition– vertical drop-offs, crags, dihedral insets and the vista across the valley, but the colors melded together in a dark huddle against the overexposure of a bright white sky. The golds and ambers of autumn were not yet spent, and the bright green birch leaves still fluttered despite the first frosts of October, but I could not catch the colors that day. Instead, I experimented with depth of field and vertigo. We threw a few rocks off the cliffs and watched them fall. I imagined what our bodies would sound like slamming against those rocks.
In the shot I liked best from that day, I caught my buddy poised on the edge of a rock, facing out towards the mountains of Glacier View, which rise mantled in white with the first snows of the year. For him, it's home.
Tomorrow I'm planning on driving out after work towards the Matanuska Peak trailhead north of Anchorage for a two-day backpacking trip up Lazy Mountain with a group of friends. If all goes well, photo-journaling of the adventures shall ensue again next week. I feel a little less apprehension about heading out into cold, steep and rocky places, but I think it has more to do with the companionship than with my preparedness. I always chunk the same well-worn gear into the same ramshackle backpack, pack the same chow and hope the same hopes. May my toes not get too cold. May my photos be outstanding. May I offer a better kind of friendship than the last time. And may the adventures be worth writing about.


The unique marking system hidden in the back-design of The Butterfly Playing Cards contains two different marking systems that can be used separately, and they will make you a miracle worker if they are combined. An explanation of this written marking system explanation is included, as well as a link to online video instructions.
The cards were designed by Stefan Eriksson with two main goals in mind.
1. They have to be complex and irregular enough to disguise the markings.
2. They have to be pretty enough to justify their use over a more common deck of playing cards.
Cartamundi's card stock is soft, the finishing feels amazing, and it is very durable. And their quality control is so strict that any deck containing even a single card that is off-cut for more than 0.5mm gets discarded.


In Oracle iProcurement, the POXCDXBL module "Catalog Bulk Load - Items Upload" fails with errors whenever the bulkload file contains thousands of rows of data. The errors do not occur when the bulkload file contains a low number of rows.
Due to this issue, catalog bulk load cannot be submitted for a file which has a very large number of rows of data.
The session ID is #######. Please use this as the AUDSID when querying against FND_LOG_MESSAGES for this request.
1. Log in to Oracle Applications.
6. Populate the appropriate fields, including the Document Type, Document Number, and File Name, and Submit. The spawned bulk load process fails upon execution.


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Bid To Win Han Solo's Screen Used Jacket From The Empire Strikes Back
Posted by Dustin on September 14, 2018 at 11:37 AM CST
This year's Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction has over 600 amazing lots of movie and TV history. The auction will take place on Thursday September 20th 2018 at the London BFI IMAX in Waterloo, with a two-week free entry Preview Exhibition running through the 20th of September.
Bidding will be available online, by phone or in person. Online bids are already being taken.
You can register to bid now at www.propstore.com.
Details on the jacket provided by Prop Store follow. It's an interesting read for any Star Wars fan.
Lot #: 463 M
Han Solo's (Harrison Ford) Jacket
STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
Han Solo's (Harrison Ford) jacket from Irvin Kershner's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The Empire jacket was a subtle update of Solo's vest from the original film, maintaining a similar pocket configuration and cut, with the addition of sleeves and a collar.
This exact jacket Solo jacket was used for sequences on Cloud City and screen matches numerous shots in the film. Unique identifiers include the placement, sizing and fold lines of the pockets, as well as a specific internal stitch-line within the collar that is visible in a close-up shot of Ford. At least one other jacket was used for filming and the jackets can be differentiated by their pocket placement.
Designed by Academy Award®-winning costume designer John Mollo, the jacket was manufactured by the small, independent tailor Caledonian Costumes, a firm started by former Bermans & Nathans employee Victor Somkowick.
Made of a cotton-woollen blend with a polyester satin lining, it features a mandarin collar, pockets on both sides at the chest and waist, a large pocket on the rear, a faux-pocket on the left arm, shoulder panel detailing and visible stitched detailing at the upper arm, elbow and cuffs. It shares several styling and cut details with Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) jacket worn on Dagobah and in Cloud City, notably the stitched detailing on the arms.
Several colours were considered before the final design was selected, in consultation with George Lucas and director Irvin Kershner. Although it appeared navy blue in the film, the jacket is deliberately a blue-grey colour. Designer Mollo stated that blues tend to appear black on film, and for that reason a garment intended to read as blue needed to be made in a lighter colour.
The jacket does not display any fasteners as it was designed to be worn open, as with Solo's vest in A New Hope. Lucas famously did not want any visible fasteners on the costumes of Star Wars as he felt they were too close to the styling of modern-day Earth. The creator of Star Wars also did not want the costumes to stand out in the film; Mollo stated that Lucas instructed him to avoid making them appear "spacey".
The cynical smuggler's costume remained largely unchanged throughout the original trilogy. Mollo, who won one of his two Oscars for his work on Star Wars: A New Hope, described Han Solo's look as "a mixture of a cowboy and a more orthodox space sort of thing". The straightforward garb spoke to George Lucas's description of the character in the fourth draft of Star Wars: "A mercenary in a starship, simple, sentimental and cocksure of himself."
The jacket is the only significant Han Solo costume piece from the original trilogy ever to come to public auction. It featured prominently on marketing materials and consumer products relating to the film, including the famous Gone With the Wind-style theatrical poster featuring artwork by Tom Jung. Countless pieces of merchandise have been created featuring the jacket, ranging from drinking glasses to action figures. It is the embodiment of one of the most revered characters in cinema.
The Empire Strikes Back remains a high-point of the Star Wars saga. A 2014 Empire magazine poll of greatest movies, as voted by fans, listed it as the greatest motion-picture ever made. It was the highest grossing film of 1980, earning nearly twice as much as the number-two earner, and at that time was the third-highest grossing film in history, behind only the original Star Wars and Jaws. The film also has the honour of being selected to be archived by the U.S. Library of Congress.
Academy-Award nominated Harrison Ford is one of the world's most beloved actors, having portrayed Han Solo in addition to George Lucas' other heroic creation Indiana Jones, as well as many other timeless characters. Ford received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2000, and in 1997 was ranked by Empire magazine as number one on a list of "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".
This historic piece has been conserved by noted textile conservationists Janie Lightfoot & Co. and displays only minor instances of loose threading and minimal wear as a result of production use. It is presented on a bust display and remains in excellent condition. Included with the jacket are several 8x10 reference photos, comprising production stills and screen captures. Dimensions (displayed): 58 cm x 68 cm x 167 cm (22 ¾" x 26 ¾" x 65 ¾")
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Japanese people explained! [Chapter 3] Education in Japan
I grew up in Japan, with an Egyptian mother, and a Japanese father. We spoke English at home, and me and my brother went to a local school. Out of 1000 students at my elementary school, only my brother, and a boy from 2 door's down the road whose father was German, and myself were the "foreigners".
I always felt a little out of place. The Japanese have a word "Gai-jin" (外人)* which means foreigners. I was a Gai-jin, and so was my brother. My whole family was a group of Gai-jins, and my father was a husband of a Gai-jin. It is a strange feeling that you have some sort of an immunity toward the society, like you don't get completely punished for not following the rules, but yet, you feel very much of an "outsider". Like you may be excused for not following the rules, however, it makes you feel even more of an "outsider".
They also have a word for mixed children like myself. They are called "Half".** It's short for Half Japanese. The Japanese have a love and hate relationship with this notion or Gai-jins and the Halfs. I like to joke about it with my husband, who is an American with Canadian parents. My husband will be an American, no matter where his roots are, or where he is living now, if one is born in the USA, he/she will be an American. A half Japanese, will always be a half, even if though I was born and raised in Japan, I will never be a full Japanese.
*Gai-jin and **Half are identified as politically incorrect words. Now you are supposed to say "Gai-koku-jin" (not an outsider, but it means a person from another country) – of Double (instead of saying a child is half)
My education in Japan continued till University, but I managed to take a couple of semesters to study in France, and in the UK. My daughter was born in France, and she went to a nursery in Paris. Then we moved to Hong Kong, and to Belgium where she experienced Kindergarten, and now we live in Italy, where she goes to elementary school.
Through my experience and my daughter's experience, I wanted to write something I noticed about the superiority (good aspects) of the Japanese education system, but also, it's flaws.
First, let's start with some good news.
Despite the Japanese language being one of the hardest to read and write, the literacy level in Japan is over 99%. Everyone can read and write.
I will tell you how hard it is to learn the Japanese alphabets. There are 3 types of alphabet in Japanese.
The first one is Hiragana. It is a phonetical alphabet, and there are 48 characters, plus the G,Z,D sounds, and P sounds that are added to certain letters.
The second phonetic alphabet is called Katakana
It is the exact same phonetic alphabet as Hiragana, but will be used for any words imported from another language. Such as someone's name, (アリス= Alice = A+ Ri + Su) or food (パスタ= Pasta = Pa (P sound with a round circle over the H) +Su +Ta)
Katakana also has 48 characters (there are 2 more on this list but these are rarely used)
The 3rd alphabet , Kanji, is made up of the old Chinese characters. You need to learn about 1000-1500 by the time you leave high school, which takes you to a level to read newspapers. There are about 3000 in total but if you know about 1500, you can guess the rest.
I will now show you the list of Kanji you learn in the first year of your elementary school. This is for children between the age of 6-7.
THERE ARE 80. EIGHTY!!
This is after you learn 50 Hiragana, and 50 Katakana, they learn another 80 Kanjis.
2nd grade will learn another 160 characters.
Our daughter is now 7, and she knows some Hiragana, Katakana, and a few Kanji. My husband was invited to give a talk in Japan, so I planned for her to attend school for 2 weeks in Japan. Belgium had an autumn holiday for 10 days, so she was only technically missing 4 days of school. I asked the teacher in Belgium, if we can miss 4 days of school because we were going to Japan and she will attend school there for 2 weeks. The teacher wasn't happy because it was "an important week because they are leaning alphabets."
…. Yes, 26 of them.
I am trying to teach my daughter 100 characters of Hiragana and Katakana, 80 Kanji this year so I think she can miss 4 days of school. Not to mention, she already learned all the alphabet in Hong Kong when she was 3. In Hong Kong all kindergartens and nursery teach the alphabet from the age of 2.
We wrote to the principal and she approved it, and we were on our way to Japan.
I am not saying that the language system is efficient in any ways. The Koreans managed to develop a much easier system to read and write phonetically. The system is very comprehensive and everyone can read Korean in a matter of a few hours. Prior to that, the Koreans used Kanji, the old Chinese characters like the Japanese. But they have quickly realized the inefficiency of leaning reading and writing so they completely switched to Hangle alphabets.
What I am saying, is that despite these hyper complicated alphabets, it is remarkable that the Japanese literacy is 99%. Can you imagine doing the same in other countries? The discipline the Japanese students have is simply unbelievable.
What else I find good about the Japanese education system?
The other thing I like about the schools in Japan is that they let the children serve lunch, and clean the school. They don't have a canteen or a jenitor. The lunch arrives from the lunch center where they cook for several schools. Then it gets distributed to each school, and to each class. A group of children (in my time we were 6 in one group) would take turns to be the "Servers". They get their aprons and hats ready, and will head down to the truck to pick up the food.
All the other children will line up to get their meals served by their peers.
Notice the servers wear masks even before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The same for cleaning, each group will be allocated different areas to clean, the classroom, corridors and sinks, toilets, special rooms (like music room, science lab, gym etc). I remember cleaning the sink, or wiping the corridor with cold water in the dead of winter. It is harsh. I'm not sure if they still let them do it, the latest I hear is they've reduced the days of cleaning from every day to twice a week. It teaches the children to be careful and keep the school clean, especially the toilets, because it will be them, or their friends that will clean after the mess. There were some nasty episodes that I can still remember. Maybe that's why toilets in Japan are very clean, even public toilets.
Children from kindergarden wiping the floor with a cloth (Zo-kin)
What I personally think can improve the Japanese education system
I think there is some room of improvement for learning English. As you can see, learning Japanese is all about sitting and writing the different alphabets over and over. They try to apply the same to English and it doesn't work (of course).
Tokyo Olympic (which got cancelled this year), brought in a lot of attention to the Japanese English abilities . They feared that the swarming tourist will be unhappy to see that no one spoke English.
When the Beijing Olympics was held, the Chinese government forced the taxi drivers to understand basic English. The Japanese government, on the other hand, invested in an Artificial Intelligence- translator. It accumulates data from different languages, (the pronunciation and accents). Every taxi driver, information center, police station, passport control is going to be equipped with a device that can help translate from Japanese to major languages. The Japanese decided that teaching the nation English will be harder than developing a machine that can resolve their issues.
Another area that can be improved is also makes Japan's strong points. They have mixed feelings about "strong leadership". They prefer to consent to a bad decision rather than a agreed to a good decision suggested by one person. For example, this was clearly seen during the Fukushima crisis, when decisions were delayed because they couldn't all agree, so doing nothing was better than doing something.
I think the issue starts with the group activities. The lunches are serviced and eaten in a group, cleaning is done in a group, even presentations are done in groups. Therefore, I think the Japanese people are generally good at finding roles in a group, where they can help and improve the group potential. However, this creates students that are good in a group, but do not necessarily assume leadership.
There is a saying in Japanese "Deru Kui Wa Utareru (出る杭は打たれる)"The wood pole that sticks out will get aligned. Living in Japan is a constant battle to fit in, and to be in the majority. The moment you stick out, they will find a way to put you back in line. It is a big issue that I believe creates robots, rather than encouraging creativity. There is no space to "be yourself and express yourself" because the way the Japanese are brought up, is to suppress your feelings and make sure to fit in.
The last point I would like to raise, is the that lack of mixing with other countries brings stagnation to the nation.
98% of people living in Japan are Japanese. There are only about 2 % of the population who are expats from other countries or married to a Japanese person. There is also a large population of Koreans that can't get Japanese nationality, although they were born and lived their whole life in Japan. I find that unimaginable.
It has been known that in few years' time there will be a crisis, as there won't be enough caretakers in old people's homes, and not enough nurses. There was once an idea to implement an immigration plan for caretakers from other south east Asian countries. However, the government decided to invest in robots rather than bringing more foreigners, the Gai-jins.
ROBEAR is a caretaker robot – developed by Sumitomo, the bear faced robot can help lift a person from a bed to a wheelchair.
In conclusion.
Yes, the Japanese do have issues. But they also have the ability to solve these issues with technology. I once attended a seminar that talked about Japan being the worst country on efficiency. There are many salarymen that are overworked, and that is true. But at the same time the country works so well. The train driver will apologise if the train is late by even 1-2 minutes. Everything runs on time. I've been on trains in Europe that will stop for 30 minutes, and without any explanation or apologies. (well, why would they apologize? At least they are not on strike!)
I even started a blog interview series with people who started doing what they love to do as a job, in hope to encourage the Japanese people to stop working so much and try to think of what they really like to do. But the upbringing of being unified, and settle with the majority makes it hard to "just do what you feel like doing". In January, I had a friend from high school that wanted to open a new care center for old people that can also interact. (little like a play center for old people, people can visit during the day, but not necessarily stay there). I haven't spoken to him for over 10 years but I donated some money on his kickstart. I want to support people who are assertive to what they want to do. He then called me few days later to thank me. I was very happy to hear from him, and asked him how he was doing. I knew from Facebook that he had a daughter who was close in age to my daughter or maybe a year older. He told me that his wife had left him, because he wanted to pursue his dream of building this new "meet up" care home. She was working full time, and had a stable job, so I have no idea why she would be against this idea.
But it is simple, she grew up in the midst of stability, and challenge- creativity- new ideas are not in the Japanese nature. She told him to choose between his dream, and her. I'm glad he chose his dream.
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