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Boeing Starliner delayed. They should delay again.
A contractor for Nasa urged the space agency to conduct more safety checks before the highly-anticipated first launch of its Starliner rocket – which is set to take off as soon as next week – “before something catastrophic happens”. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nasa-contractor-boeing-starliner-launch-b2542947.html It was supposed to launch last week, but someone spotted a valve problem — *minutes* before the countdown procedure was about to start. […]
As George Carlin said…
Are you a leader or a follower? “Lead, follow, or get out of the way!” I obstruct.
Nuclear power on the Moon. Gee, no problem…
“The truth is that nuclear is the only option to power a moonbase,” says Simon Middleburgh from the Nuclear Futures Institute at Bangor University in Wales. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240417-the-nuclear-reactors-that-could-power-moon-bases So far there are two major consortiums that have plans for moon bases: The Artemis Accords, with 36 countries (the US, Japan, South Korea, UAE, India, etc.) The countries that […]
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Tag Archives: half-Japanese
The Ugly Duckling in Japan
Tomorrow is “Coming of Age Day” in Japan, when 20 year olds celebrate officially becoming “adults” in Japanese society. Today, my family went to a performance by a local civic group of The Ugly Duckling, billed as “a moving story … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, family outings, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, kids shows, parenting
Tagged child-raising, cultural differences, folk tales, half-Japanese, Japan, Japanese, racism
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Year Two: Nursery School
Starting April 1st this year (the beginning of the school year in Japan), I went back to work and my daughter started her first year at a nearby private nursery school. Even prior to the official first day, we attended … Continue reading
Posted in day care, Japan, parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged child care, child education, child-raising, day care, education, fatherhood, half-Japanese, Japan, Japanese, kindergarten, nursery school
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Don’t panic: Japan is not sinking
My last post, about something now that seems totally innocuous, was on Friday, March 11th, at 10 or 11 in the morning. Japan time. We all know what happened just a few hours later.
Posted in Japan, media, natural disasters, parenting, Paternity leave, Uncategorized
Tagged child-raising, earthquake, family leave, Fukushima, half-Japanese, hysteria, Japan, Japanese, media coverage, Miyagi, Paternity leave, radiation, Sendai
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