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敵に塩を送る
Send Salt to your enemy: lesson from feudal Japan Continue reading
Posted in Ganbarou!, Language Notes, Word Play
Tagged feudal, history, Japanese, vocabulary
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Jeannine Frances Booth Whitworth
Dear Friends and Family, On the morning of Thursday, July 17, 2020 at 07:45 AM our Mother Jeannine Frances Booth Whitworth, gently breathed her last and was welcomed into the arms of her risen Friend and Lord Jesus Christ. Born … Continue reading
Posted in Exceptional Guests, Ganbarou!, Pioneers, What Lives Matter
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Lou Salutes Veterans
TAKE A LONG, HARD LOOK AT THIS PLANE. Being ‘escorted’ back to Allied side by a German, who was showing respect to American aviators inside. German saluting to American pilots. Here, leaving the mainland, about to cross the English Channel. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Heroes, Lou's Links, Newsworthy (New & Old)
Tagged Bombers, Fighter Pilots, WWII
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Your own “i-Kaizen”
A real possibility for change is to take small steps. … Personal example of Kaizen: Practical tips for shedding weight: Continue reading
Posted in Comprehension I, Exceptional Guests, Health, Word Play
Tagged continuous improvement, Kaizen, self help
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Chancellor to Censor Racist Algebra?
A July 19, 2017 NPR interview attributes this logic to (California community college) Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley: Algebra .. is also the single most failed course in community colleges across the country. So if you’re not a STEM major (science, technology, … Continue reading
Posted in Language Notes, Logic, Will History Repeat?
Tagged Algebra, Ebonics, Revisionism
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Love is a Fallacy
“Dating Tips” and Male-Female Communication in a humorous intermediate English Reading Comprehension Exercise “Setting” contains teen slang and style references of the 1930’s – ’40s era in USA The reader may ‘Mouseover’ or click hints for idioms, euphenisms, definitions Love … Continue reading
Posted in Comprehension II, Cross Culture, Language Notes, Logic, Reading, Sexes
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Learning Japanese – Common Blunders
Japanese Proper Confused with similar Example / Note kawaii cute kowaii horrible “Your baby is so “kawaii”” ningen People ninjin carrot “Look at all the people [carrots?!] riding bicycles home from work.” written: ai 合い written: meet ai愛 love Texting … Continue reading
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Dr. Ekroth Explores Human Signal Loss
Dr. Loren Ekroth Explores Human Signal Loss Excerpt from Dr. Conversation’s News Letter of 2014-08-27 click for full article. “Too much time with your smartphone may lead to poor conversational skills.” (So wrote Shalini Misra, psychology professor at Virginia Tech …) … … Continue reading
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