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Basic Knowledge of Sumo

Sumo is a Japanese traditional fighting sport which has characters of not only a sport but also a ritual for gods. The show of Sumo in b...
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Sep 28th 2010 11:15
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Restraining Culture and Exaggerating Culture

I don't know why, but Japanese expressions tend to restrain or cut down an extent. For example, you would often hear these words in ...
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Sep 25th 2010 14:34
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The People's Liberation Army Played Beat It

The People's Liberation Army of China has their own orchestra, and they played Michael Jackson's "Beat It": http://w...
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Sep 23rd 2010 11:32
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Why can Dutch and Swedish people speak English well?

I have been to some countries in Europe and found the Dutch and the Swedish can speak English very well. The German can also speak well,...
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Sep 21st 2010 10:41
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Asteroid Discovery From 1980 - 2010

This video shows an amazing view of the asteroid discoveries from 1980 to 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdXxl0h54AM It may l...
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Sep 18th 2010 12:54
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A Joke - Three Brothers and a Genie

There are many jokes in which a genie appears and realizes someone's wish. I like this one: Three brothers of Tom, John and Adam ...
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Sep 16th 2010 10:47
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The Credit Belongs to the Man Who Is Actually in the Arena

I watched the movie "The World's Fastest Indian" in 2005 in which Anthony Hopkins played the leading character. Its title ...
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Sep 14th 2010 08:44
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The Haka Battle

I like rugby since its top level games show me the high level tactics and well-trained combination of teams, and the best exercise capaci...
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Sep 11th 2010 13:56
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What Do You Think of the Teaching of Writing Which You Studied?

I think that there are some problems in the teaching of Japanese in the Japanese school education. The curriculum inclines toward readin...
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Sep 09th 2010 11:19
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Jokes -　Is There a Doctor?

There are lots of jokes in which doctors appear. I would like to share some jokes among them today. 1. "Oh, doctor, my eye ac...
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Sep 07th 2010 10:06
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How to Make the Lang-8 Design Easy to Use

When Lang-8 was renewed on July, I was embarrassed because some interface was changed and the new design was harder to read than before. ...
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Sep 04th 2010 13:41
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The nuance of "that"

I think that both sentences below are not wrong in English: I think he will go. I think that he will go. Another example: I sup...
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Sep 02nd 2010 10:34
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A Joke - An Engineer Went to the Hell

(This joke is a cynical type which makes a person chuckle rather than burst out laughing. God and Satan appear in this joke. It's j...
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Sep 01st 2010 11:29