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11/12/07: Video's First Kodokan Kata International Tournament 2007
2017-05-29 00:00:00 Video's of the First Kodokan Kata International Tournament 2007: Katame-no-Kata, Nage-no-Kata, Ju-no-Kata
Vmoto SCARTT Combines Off Road Utility with On Road Comfort
2009-07-03 02:45:00 Off road vehicles are great for taking a scenic ride through the woods, but many are not very well suited for the road. They are also expensive to build and maintain if you plan on traversing places very few have seen. Vmoto hopes to solve both of these issues with their new SCARTT 500 ATV.
Japan's NTT DoCoMo Updates the 'Pay Phone'
2009-07-02 19:12:00 Hauled into jail by some rural deputy sheriff and need to pay a fine? If you're in Japan, you can use that one phone call to make an instant cash transfer. Finally, a pay phone that actually pays!
Aston Martin and Toyota Team Up to Rebadge the iQ
2009-07-01 05:22:00 Aston Martin is known for making some of the most powerful and luxurious vehicles to ever hit the market. Unfortunately being produced in small numbers has put them out of reach for most people. A recent partnering with Toyota however, may bring the Aston Martin nameplate into reach for many new car buyers.
Green Home Concierge: Helping Busy People Go Green!
2009-06-30 22:15:00 For homeowners who have been thinking about reducing their carbon footprint by making their home just a little bit more environmentally friendly, but just can't find the time to do it; there's a trendy new concierge service that can help.
Full Scale Production In Sight For Yamaha?s Hybrid Motorcycle
2009-06-30 01:24:00 Back at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, Yamaha unveiled a hybrid motorcycle concept called the Gen-Ryu. Since then, it seems as though the company has been busy filing patents and gearing up to put the hybrid motorcycle into full production.
Yuneec E430 to be World?s First Production Plug-In Aircraft
2009-06-29 04:39:00 Small, personally owned aircraft are becoming more common throughout the world. Not only are they becoming increasing easy to fly, but they also are becoming less expensive to operate and maintain. A perfect example of this can be seen with the Yuneec E430 all electric airframe set to go on sale next year.
Talk About Timing - Michael Jackson 'Live In Japan' DVD Released June 23
2009-06-26 22:53:00 Timing is everything when you're a performer and nobody knew it better than the late Michael Jackson. Timing is also essential in business, as Amazon.com is surely realizing - the new "Michael Jackson: Live In Japan" DVD was posted on the Amazon website a mere 2 days before MJ's untimely death.
10 New & Exotic Foods Coming To NYC's 2009 Summer Fancy Food Show
2009-06-26 21:59:00 The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) is holding its 55th Summer Fancy Food Fair in New York City this weekend (June 28 - 30, 2009) and my mouth waters just reading about some of the luscious new foods premiering at the event. If you can get there, here are ten tasties I'd love you to try for me! (This list leans to the sweet, I warn you.)
Top Ten Michael Jackson Tributes Going Viral
2009-06-26 14:22:00 Within minutes of Michael Jackson's passing on June 25, Twitter went abuzz with all ten trending topics referencing Michael Jackson, from "RIP Michael Jackson" to "Pop King." Whatever you may have thought of Michael Jackson's personal life, his contribution to the world of entertainment was unmistakable. He raised the bar beyond the level of Elvis Presley to set a mark that will be hard for any artist to measure up to in the years and generations to come. Watch the Top Ten videos selected to honor the life and times of the King of Pop that were all produced within a few hours of his passing.
MySpace International Layoffs - India To Be Worst Hit?
2009-06-24 13:52:00 Myspace in a recent release stated that it would be laying off about 300 of its international workforce. There was also news of major restructuring across international offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Sweden which are said to be under review. We have been tipped off today by a source close to myspace India stating that plans are in place to shut India operations. We contacted Deep Malhotra - Senior Director, Myspace India who declined to comment on the issue. Our source updated us that a decision has been made internally to shut operations over the next 3 months and lay off staff in India. Though none of this is yet confirmed. Myspace restructuring for India is completely driven by their International offices as Newscorp which bought Myspace some years ago has reported an $89 million loss this quarter in the division which includes MySpace. We have covered the offline strategies of Myspace india before and have stated that its...
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China's Netizens Declare they will Fight Back vs Censorship
2009-06-24 02:16:00 With the protests in Iran, there has been a lot of discussion in the news of late about the power of technology in circumventing government control and censorship. Of course no one knows this kind of censorship better than Chinese netizens, especially after these past few weeks that saw the blocking of popular social media sites and the introduction of the 'Green Dam' filtering software.in the face of such censorship, some more creative Chinese netizens (I have no idea who, or how many) have used Google Docs to release a declaration of war against this government imposed internet filtering.
Volkswagen 1.4 Liter Wins International Engine of the Year
2009-06-24 00:44:00 Every year, a group of automotive enthusiasts come together and are presented with a list of today's most highly rated engines. After sorting through the data, the group then decides which among them can be considered the best. For 2009, the title of International Engine of the Year goes to the 1.4 liter Twincharger manufactured by BMW.
Japanese Replica Taxi Meter Shames Free-Riding Freeloaders
2009-06-23 06:23:00 Freeloading friends making you feel like a taken-advantage taxi driver? Spoiled teenage kids too lazy to take the bus? Don't be a crabby cabby, get even - and get a fake (but oh-so-real-looking) taxi meter!
Toyota's Supra Successor On Track for 2011 Delivery
2009-06-23 03:26:00 For nearly 2 years now Toyota has been working on the FT-HS concept vehicle that was originally unwrapped at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show. Since then, it has been in and out of the spotlight without providing any real information about production or pricing or anything for that matter. Now, it seems as though the Supra successor is on track for a 2011 delivery.
Natural Moisturizing Sericin Lotion Leaves Skin As Soft As Silk
2009-06-19 02:15:00 Skin as soft as silk isn't just an expression anymore, thanks to naturally moisturizing lotions, soaps and beauty formulations containing Sericin, a silk protein that has kept silk workers' hands smooth and soft for centuries.
Mazda Planning Direct Injection for Next Generation Rotary Engine
2009-06-19 02:00:00 Rotary engines are almost always associated with the name Mazda. For their small size, they can produce quite a bit of power, but at the expense of fuel economy and tailpipe emissions. Mazda, most likely in an effort to reduce the latter two, has been granted a patent for a newly designed rotary engine.
Kurage Fiber Optic Lamp by Sschemata
2009-06-18 21:22:00 Japanese Sschemata architecture office has designed the third generation of their fiber optic lamp, the loopy and winding Kurage.
Putting On The Dog With The 10 Hautiest Designer Pet Carriers
2009-06-18 03:29:00 I've noticed that when it comes to designer accessories like handbags, fans love to match them with other accessories. So if they buy a Gucci handbag, they'll want a Gucci wallet and key chain... and a Gucci pet carrier too. Here are 10 of the newest styles of designer pet carriers from the likes of Louis Vuitton, Juicy, Burberry, Gucci and more...
Remote Control LED Light Bulb Offers 7 Shades of White
2009-06-17 19:40:00 "Any color you like, as long as it's white!" No, it's not a bizarro version of Henry Ford, just Sharp's new LED light bulb. Using the included remote control one can dial through 7 different shades of white light - without any white heat.
Laughs Will and Testament: Japan's New Manga Will Kits
2009-06-16 20:46:00 Estate planning goes from exhausting to exciting as Kokuyo's manga style will kit explains tough legal issues in classic comic book style.
Kinder, Gentler, Smokier: Japan Tobacco's 'Smoking Manners for Adults' Ads,
2009-06-15 19:00:00 Japan Tobacco's admen likely burned through a lot of the company's main product in conjuring up 73 "Smoking Manners for Adults" ads. Gently chastising smokers while not turning them off tobacco altogether takes guts... and butts. Here's part 6; ads 51 through 60.
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) Powered Volkswagen Golf Hits Showfloors
2009-06-15 00:38:00 Back in December, the folks at Volkswagen unveiled the new Golf BiFuel mkVI. The VW can run on either traditional petroleum or Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and has just now entered the German Automakers lineup.
Social Networks Pin Winner At Cannes Film Festival
2009-06-14 18:33:00 Voodoo twittering? The Cannes 2009 Competition drew more than 193,000 views in 9 days in May. An innovative American filmmaker took home the top prize in the annual Online Short Film Competition run by the National Film Board of Canada in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival. And YouTube and Twitter were largely responsible for selecting the winner!
'The Idea of a Tree': Solar-Powered Furniture Making Machine
2009-06-13 20:06:00 For DMY Berlin Design Festival 09, Viennese designers Mishcer'Traxler showed off their amazing furniture-making machine that runs on solar power. Sounds crazy? Read on for the details.
Two Italian Exotics Planning Hybrid Vehicles in the Near Future
2009-06-12 17:20:00 Ferrari and Lamborghini. Together, these two companies have more than 100 years of experience building some of the fastest and most exciting vehicles ever driven on public roads. Now, both of the Italian based performance gurus are planning to offer vehicles that appease both the automotive enthusiast and the environmentalist.
Japan's Asahi Shimbun Scores Social Media Goal, Tweets Soccer Play By Play
2009-06-11 20:18:00 On the go and eager to know the score in that crucial soccer clash? Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper has the answer: tweeting the play by play to fan followers via their new Twitter account!
BBC and Other Film Footage Shows India?s Top Guru Sathya Sai Baba Faking Mi
2009-06-10 23:16:00 The Sathya Sai Baba Organization has tried to stem a major exit from congregations via a role it internally refers to as 'the waverer's committee'. This wealthy and highly authoritarian organization, which seeks to infiltrate mainstream civic, religious, education and political venues, will not be so frank as to show the waverers the following videos. For the Sathya Sai Organizations recruiting drives in luxurious venues, See: ?Secret Swami? Cult Recruits At Prime Public Venues. For the dangers posed in its infiltration of unsuspecting communities, while concealing its agendas, and often from its own rank-and-file, See, Sathya Sai Baba Sect and Its Hidden Agendas. A Caution To truthfully go through these stark video revelations of Sathya Sai Baba cheating with his (so-called) miracles is to see why Sathya Sai Baba defenders like Dr G. Venkataraman and Gerald Moreno have raised profound smokescreens and engineered such markedly distorted 'pictures' of hundreds of former Sathy...
China's 'Green Dam' Censorship Software Looks Pretty Damn Lame
2009-06-10 06:50:00 The Wall Street Journal wrote a piece earlier this week entitled 'China Squeezes PC Makers' where they outlined the Chinese governments' recent requirement that PC makers to ship their machines with internet filtering software. The Green Dam software is intended to filter out explicit language and pornographic images, but early user reports indicate that this software might not be as slick as many might have expected.
Where Water Is Scarce, You Can Drink The Air!
2009-06-09 19:43:00 In desert climates where the ground may be too dry for even a cactus to survive, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) and their colleagues at Logos Innovationen have created a method for getting drinkable water from... the air!
Sushi Look Adds Taste to Issey Miyake's 'Pleats Please' Clothing Line
2009-06-09 18:18:00 Issey Miyake's "Pleats Please" designer clothing line is being presented in a most tasteful manner - by dressing up the fabrics to look like sumptuous sushi!
Call Goes Out to Boost Used Mobile Phone Collection
2009-06-07 14:07:00 Cellular phones are gold mines, even when they're no longer wanted. Problem is, as phones get better people are more reluctant to get rid of them. A new campaign by the Japanese government seeks to reverse this disturbing trend and boost mobile phone recycling.
Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson both find success at Dover International
2009-06-07 01:45:00 As I sit here watching the start of the NASCAR Nationwide Series race from Nashville, I just wanted to put a period on last weekend at Dover International Speedway for what made to be an interesting weekend that yet yielded some unique results. Dover is a 1 mile concrete racetrack on the NASCAR schedule that is anything but a walk in the park for the drivers and teams that race on it, this high-banked track normally shows some good side-by-side racing race in and race out and this past weekend was no different.Wouldn’t you know it, controversy at the end of the Dover 200 for the Nationwide Series, anyone shocked? Already up ‘til the final restart, this race just wasn’t all that entertaining, Kyle Busch was leading, but in a few Nationwide Series races have gone this season, there was a crash and that prompted a restart.On the restart, Kyle Busch was leading with Joey Logano in second and Brad Keselowski in third, Busch went down into turn 1, however Busch had a right front tir...
Starbucks Japan Shakes Up Summer With Coffee Jelly Frappuccino
2009-06-06 00:03:00 Coffee Jelly Frappuccino is coming back on the menu at Starbucks Japan, just in time for another hot, humid Tokyo summer! Starbucks bills this cool, caffeinated treat as "Coffee To Eat", but doing so through a straw really, er, sucks.
Social Networking In China's Brave New World
2009-06-05 16:19:00 On June 4, 2009 during the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the government actually shut down access to Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Flickr. Then Hotmail blipped off the radar, followed by Bing, Microsoft's latest search engine. Repression was rampant as a Great Firewall went up to prevent Chinese webizens from mourning online in their respective virtual worlds. Is Big Brother alive and well in China?
Social Networking In China's Brave New World
2009-06-05 16:19:00 On June 4, 2009 during the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the government actually shut down access to Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Flickr. Then Hotmail blipped off the radar, followed by Bing, Microsoft's latest search engine. Repression was rampant as a Great Firewall went up to prevent Chinese webizens from mourning online in their respective virtual worlds. Is Big Brother alive and well in China?
Sebastien Wiernick's OnSite Installations
2009-06-05 08:12:00 Belgian designer Sebastien Wiernick has been pushing the envelope in modern furniture design with his sculptural installations since 2002. Made of winding and warping polyethylene tubes that seem to have a mind of their own, his pieces have graced temporary exhibits as well as found a home in more permanent settings such as cafes and public spaces.
Environmental Twist Plastic Bottle Saves Space, Reduces Waste
2009-06-04 23:01:00 I LOHAS, Coca Cola Japan's entry in the bottled water sweepstakes, is going green... with a twist. Once you've drained the bottle just give it a twist - and help save up to 40 percent in disposable volume.
Unpack Your BING Before You Travel
2009-06-04 20:02:00 Bing Travel aims to dramatically reduce the amount of time consumers spend searching for travel information by presenting comprehensive results in one place, and to help consumers make more informed decisions. According to a recent survey by Bing Travel, more than fifty percent of potential travelers search three or more sites before booking their flight and hotel arrangements. By aggregating Expedia, Cheap Tickets, Cheapoair, Priceline and Booking Buddy on the Bing Travel site, travelers can not only search for flights and hotels but book without ever leaving the search engine.
Breakthrough Research: Chinese Convert Pig Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells
2009-06-04 02:12:00 The first successful conversion of pig cells into universally usable stem cells took place at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology under the direction of Dr. Lei Xiao. Dr. Xiao's team extracted the cells from a pig's ear and bone marrow, and found the right chemical cocktail to reprogram the cells into the three layers of cell types that make up embryonic stem cells.
Flu Masks Lined With Ostrich Antibodies Fly Off Shelves
2009-06-03 18:52:00 Japanese by the thousands are flocking to a new type of surgical face mask lined with ostrich antibodies. The flightless birds have a robust immune system and the new Ostrich Pharma influenza preventing masks claim to fight four kinds of flu virus.
Feeling Dirty? Check Out Posh Wash?s Shower Village
2009-06-02 23:50:00 Pop-up buildings and businesses come in all forms; we've seen nightclubs, coat checks, and restaurants; but just in time for summer festival season, there's another new trend arising in the pop-up shower. In an environment where everyone's feeling dirty, one company, Posh Wash Showers has even taken the pop-up shower concept to the next level with Shower Village designed for clean living.
Attacks Against Indian Students in Melbourne, Australia
2009-06-02 00:16:00 There have been attacks against Indian students in Melbourne, Australia. Yesterday's news reported what is alleged to have been a peaceful demonstration waylaid by a small number of anti-social elements. This blog recently reported Channel NineMSN's exposure of security personnel violence against protesting staff and disabled clients at SWARA in Brisbane. Reports that suggest the Melbourne protest was derailed by over-reaction of authorities, brought back eery reminders of those accounts which a number of those involved (including those who remain Sathya Sai Baba devotees) have given.
Newest Japanese Weight Loss Craze: The Morning Banana Diet
2009-05-31 18:35:00 The latest diet trend in Japan these days is the so-called Morning Banana Diet. Thanks to a posting at Mixi, the country's leading social networking site, the fruity weight loss fad has boosted banana imports and garnered a "bunch" of testimonials.
Healthcare Recruitment Company Promises Large Salaries and Luxurious Lifest
2009-05-31 12:00:00 Since there is an overwhelming stigma that doctors are so devoted to their work to a degree that they forfeit all other aspects of life (whether true or not in every case), one medical recruitment company in New Zealand hopes to break the mould by placing doctors in high-paying jobs that still allow them to have active social and family lives. Sound too good to be true? Perhaps, but read on, because they claim that even when working in the healthcare industry, it's possible to have it all!
Scary USB Shuriken Saves Data the Ninja Way
2009-05-31 00:26:00 Yet another weird USB flash drive has made the scene, albeit quietly, like a ninja. The Shuriken USB drive makes it's "point" by saving your data as stealthily and scarily as possible.
Sathya Sai Baba Sect and Its Hidden Agendas. A Caution
2009-05-30 01:47:00 Sathya Sai Baba sect devotees around the world speak constantly of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-Violence. They would link up with you, smile happily with you, act in a manner that has every appearance of professional and ethical responsibility. But there is a hidden agenda. What is more, core leaders keep a great deal hidden from the rank-and-file members. This means that the latter are all the more convincing when they interface with their communities - for they come across as honest, decent and nice people. They often are
Live Like A Rock Star At London?s Rock ?N Roll Theme Hotel
2009-05-29 15:48:00 Want accommodations that make you feel like a rock star? Visit the Pavilion Fashion Rock ?N Roll Hotel in London. A little hotel with a very big, glamorous and entertaining theme that will make you feel like a rock star in your own, even if you've never set foot on stage. Read on, but don't be disappointed, groupies are not included.
All In The Name Of Security: The 'Killer Chip' Invention
2009-05-29 01:06:00 You thought you'd take a trip abroad to see some relatives in Bizwackistan. Upon your arrival, Bizwackian inspectors implant a tracking device in your arm to "make sure you don't overstay your welcome." What they don't tell you is that if you miss your flight out of the country, be you ill or otherwise indisposed, you will die.
JOIN THE LEADER INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM
2009-05-27 03:50:00 JOIN THE LEADER INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM (ILP) Due to its expansion in strategic locations ILP needs qualified and experienced: English Teachers Qualifications: Min D3 graduates (in English or a related subject) Experienced in classroom teaching Good communication skills A pleasant personality Willing o work in Karawang or Surabaya or Jabodetabek Coordinators & Teachers Qualifications: Minimum D3 graduates Experienced in teaching children from 3 to 6 years old Female ... |
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