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China doesn’t care about the rest of the world — except when the rest of the world criticizes it
“When they did that design, they should have stopped and thought, ‘you know, that’s going to leave a big chunk of debris in orbit, we should change the design of the engine’,” McDowell says. “But they didn’t. This is real negligence.” https://www.inverse.com/science/long-march-5b-uncontrolled-reentry Four years ago, China’s first space station landed in the Pacific Ocean between […]
Scientists detect small pockets of carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in a meteorite dating from the early solar system
“This assumption is consistent with recent theoretical studies of the solar system’s evolution that suggest that asteroids rich in small, volatile molecules like water and carbon dioxide formed beyond Jupiter’s orbit before being transported to areas closer to the sun.” http://en.ritsumei.ac.jp/news/detail/?id=585 Just announced by my workplace! And no, I don’t teach in that department. However, […]
Still very much a work in process!
Apologies to readers for the weird mix-up in chapter numbering. I’ve been (slowly, painfully slowly) writing Bringer of Light on Scrivener…which I forgot to update on my desktop PC, which led to some sort of weird misnumbering of chapters in two different versions of the file. Anyway, I have begun to finish up the story […]
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Tag Archives: sickness
Come out, damned spot!
One aspect of bathrooms in Japan that surprised me at first was the water everywhere around the sink. I mean, everywhere. Not having a habit of waiting for people to wash their hands in public lavatories, I found it a … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, parenting, sickness, Uncategorized
Tagged child care, child-raising, health care, Japan, Japanese, sickness
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‘Tis the Season…al Flu
These past few weeks have reminded me of an old Catholic joke. St. Peter’s at the Pearly Gates, and he’s checking his list of the recently departed when a new soul suddenly arrives without warning. St. Peter glances down at … Continue reading
ER Japan – Part Two
(Note: This is the second of two parts. The first described events leading up to my daughter’s hospital stay. The second examines more details of problems with Japanese pediatrics and the public hospital care system. Yes, this story is a … Continue reading
Posted in health care, hospitalization, sickness
Tagged child care, health care, hospital, Japan, Japanese, pediatrics, sickness
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