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Honshu and Okinawa

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I am back. I spent 10 days in Japan, 5 days for work on the main island of Honshu and 5 days of solo adventure in Okinawa. Travel is so invigorating dispite the uncomfortableness. Jetlag, anxiety, crowds, and other discomforts aside, it is mind-expanding and rewarding. Work went well. I flew a new airline (Skymark) from Tokyo to Naha. I am always wary of strange discount airlines and all the traps they set. However, I had a great expereince with "Sky". I was actually shocked. Super easy checkin at the airport, no extra fees even with extra luggage. The primary mission in Okinawa was to visit the Peace Park and the suicide cliffs of Okinawa. From what I understand, at the end of WW2 the inhabitants were encouraged to commit suicide rather than surrender to the Americans and get tortured and eaten. Besides other types of suicide, they jumped off the cliffs at the Southern end of the main island. If you have seen the original color footage taken at the time, I am sure you ...
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NASA Seeks New Frontier in Jet Engines I am off to work for a couple of hours this morning. It is a big job printing our new -------------. After that Bonnie and I are going to farm school at Cornell. We have some mini-seminars this afternoon. Fawna spent the night outside last night. The low was 48 degrees. I figured it is probably good for her.
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Injuries Associated with Hazards Involving Motor Vehicle Batteries The other night we were wakened very quickly at about 4:00 am. There was an explosion in the house. It turned out that a car battery I had under charge in the radio room decided it had enough charging and it blew up. It was quite loud. It tossed another gel cell on top of it flying and split the case in half. Batteries do explode.
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Slashdot | Opera Promises Voice-Operated Web Browser I am back from Florida. I got bumped on the way back so I got a free round trip ticket. I am not sure how I am going to use it yet. We will have to see. Fawn is still not all better. We are optimistic that the warmer weather that is supposed to start today will help a lot.
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