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actually, to lose a kg of fat you will need to burn 9.000 kcal whose source is purely fat. jogging or running you can expect maybe 40% of your calorie burn to come from fat. that means that in order to burn a kg of fat tissue you will need to expend in the neighborhood of 20.000 kcal. for distance events like marathons it is approximated that one hour of work will require 1.000 kcal, meaning you need to jogg for 20h to effectively lose a kilo of fat. average marathon time for japanese lady, 5 plus hours fits perfectly into the equation...

and obviously, your lifestyle leads to having this or that type of body and nothing short of dramatic and long-term change to your lifestyle can result in meaningful changes in body weight or composition, at least speaking of healthy people

The WikiLeaks documents confirm the massive scale of US-NATO repression. By the American military’s own classification, which downplays the role of US and NATO troops, the release includes 13,734 reports of “friendly action” by US-NATO forces. The number of Afghan attacks—there are 27,078 reports of “enemy action” and 23,082 of “explosive hazards”—shatters claims that the Afghan resistance is the product of a few Al Qaeda terrorists. There are 237 reports of popular demonstrations against the US occupation or US-controlled Afghan authorities.

you're right about the flag, didn't even notice it the first time! maybe they want to show off the exotic oriental rider...

ultimate bike endurance trial, le tour. hope i'll be able to catch some of it on free tele.

money is just paper backed with trust. i think more transparency could only enhance the trust we all have in the system and really cannot imagine someone would argue against listing of compensations. i'm all for openness and teamwork.

also. i think workers should also have a say in how much is alloted to managerial positions. not a final say, but definite input, together with the shareholders.

nationalism and xenophobia find their way into mass entertainment and/or sports. what's new? it's the same old "they took our jobs" argument applied to football in this case.

this comment even says "domestically produced players"... probably fed on local food only, as well.

The Gulf oil disaster is rooted in social conditions and processes that extend far beyond the particular actions of BP and other corporations responsible for the Deepwater Horizon incident.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/pers-j23.shtml

"The circumstances of Rudd’s removal are a graphic exposure of the thoroughly worm-eaten character of both the Labor Party and the entire system of so-called parliamentary democracy in Australia."

not that it's any better in other "developed" countries, mind. not to mention the poorer 9/10 of the planet

The leadership challenge was not decided by a move from the caucus but by a tiny handful of unknown factional bosses and union bureaucrats responding directly to the demands of powerful corporate and financial elites for a revamping of the government.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/rudd-j24.shtml

in many african countries the annual pay can be under 300 usd. like congo per capita gdp of 332$!!!! how can ghosn justify earning the likes 42.000 africans?!!!

not to mention speculative hedge fund managers that rake in as much as 1 billion a year (which by the way is 500.000$ per hour if they work 8h/5days a week)!

ghosn by the way is pronounced like gone, which is what i'd like to see this system that supports such inequality, gone with the wind, the way of slavery.

just the first five comments from yahoo japan:

1) rant about BP being based in britain, and look what they've done in the gulf of mexico, finishes with ironic "country of gentlemen" 2) praise to nippon for not leaving the iwc and just have talks with whaling countries instead. why all the blame on nippon, what about canada or norway? etc... 3) england's royalty also hunts foxes! WTF? 4) calling britons tone-deaf when it comes to palate, goes on to warn not to behave as you're still an empire, plus an expletive 5) equating it with "anti-whaling terror organisation"

and just go and sort the comments by the number of "i agree" clicks if you want to go (much) further down this path... i just hold on to the hope that it's mostly net denizens, pretty much of the same sort as anywhere alse but...

this news has just appeared on yahoo japan an hour ago. there is no mention of any prostitutes/call girls though.

and the contrast in comments!!! over there it's all about imperial britain leading the white man crusade against innocent japanese ODA... blood chills when i think who i pass by on the street:

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100613-00000095-jij-int

from what i've heard we also need to pray nobody gets raped, although there is one on every 16 sec or smth in south africa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8107039.stm

i was not allowed to be present in the delivery room in 2005, so i don't see much grounds for: "the days of fathers being barred from the delivery room are (nearly) over". it was a big, famous, university hospital as well.

oh and the absolute favourite for the quote of the century was when the doc told my wife (a lady doctor) that they do not give pain relievers or anesthesia because "oriental women are good at enduring pain". i so wished to inflict some on her right then and there but...

inaccurate conception?

chipira - i like the way you think! you can count me in...

even though one may feel that someone really should be doing something about this finally, unless there is this sort of initiative it's all gone by the morrow.

ethical and culturological considerations aside, the basic issue here is that supposed right to free speech of a dubious, fringe group is allowed to infringe on freedom of theaters to decide whether or not to show the movie and public right to information and freedom to decide themselves whether to see the flick or not.

i strongly feel that this sort of thing need to be outlawed and even more strongly suspect that in letter it might be so. coercion and threats have no place in civilized discourse and if the laws that are presumably there are not enforced we can be sure that one by one, more of these theaters will be forced to "reconsider".

as long as this is tolerated anyone can be the next victim, for whatever irrational reason some group of thugs chose to dislike you for!

personally, i find quite a few titles that just might happen to be worth of further investigation. surprisingly enough, i know. but how about these:

・ Weird Verdicts- Book about the weirdest verdicts actually rendered around the world

・ An Alternative Dictionary of Foreign Languages - Hilarious collection of foreign-language phrases that sound like Japanese

・ The World’s Subcultures - Collection of little-known, underground subcultures around the world

・ Ban English: Unknown Facts about Japan and the U.S. during WWII (it seems this ban on english is still in force doesn't it)

・ Americans Who Became Japanese Soldiers

and a few others as well. it has been said, but most of the titles do give one the impression of catalogs of some sort rather than fiction which is more readily associated with the word book it seems.

Citing internal BP documents, the New York Times reported on Sunday that engineers expressed concern as early as June 2009 about the well casing used in the Deepwater Horizon operation. A report by a BP engineer that month warned that the casing could collapse under the high pressure at the depths BP was drilling. “This would certainly be a worst-case scenario,” Mark E. Hafle, a senior drilling engineer at BP, wrote in the report. “However, I have seen it happen so know it can occur.” According to the Times, “The company went ahead with the casing, but only after getting special permission from BP colleagues because it violated the company’s safety policies and design standards. The internal reports do not explain why the company allowed for an exception.” The Times goes on to report, “In April of this year, BP engineers concluded that the casing was ‘unlikely to be a successful cement job,’ according to a document, referring to how the casing would be sealed to prevent gases from escaping up the well.” The document also concluded that the casing was unlikely to fulfill regulatory requirements from the MMS.

the best thing is that the brand's name triumph is pronounced as trump in japan. to-run-poo

if it indeed turns into a revolution i will care far more whether it will succeed in bringing long lasting and irreversible improvement in quality of life, kindness and justice in social relations and advancement in humanity's morals as every revolution promises than how soon or peaceful it ends, or how much damage it causes along the way...

another people's movement betrayed by the purported leaders... was all this for nothing in the end? i sure hope a genuine international solidarity movement emerges soon, maybe from these very protests? plus south europe?

it was their son in law that did it. look at yahoo.jp. still no info on the motives etc though

disgusting! this will just breed more riceizm people!!!

how do you get in and out without deflating the whole thing? sorry for bursting your bubble so to say :)

nationalise all the financial institutions and put them under transparent democratic control (that is of and for the society at large). finish once and for all with the dark ages notion of profit and base the world economies on real needs of civilisation. replace present parliamentary dictatorship of the elites with more direct involvement of broad layers of society at informed decision making on day to day basis (rather than casting random ballots every 4 years)

enjoy the fruits of civilised harmonious world for the rest of history...

skin and bones alright. more leg extentions plus some squatting please

In fact, by all accounts the bomb (which included a kind of fertilizer that is nonexplosive), as well as the method used to deliver it, bore the hallmarks of extreme amateurism, strongly suggesting that the individual responsible was not someone who had received professional training. As with all such cases, questions remain about the real motive and authorship of the attempted terrorist act. Information about the suspect and his connections has only begun to surface. "A father of two who became a naturalized citizen one year ago after marrying a US citizen, Shahzad earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering and completed his MBA, but was apparently without a job or money and had lost his family’s home through foreclosure." One can only speculate as to whether these difficult personal conditions, which confront millions of Americans, played a role in pushing Shahzad toward a desperate act.

YOU PLAY YOU PAY... maybe. but no way YOU play WE ALL pay!!!!!

how about turning the table, socializing profits and privatizing the risks for change?!

predictable outcome constitutes intent. period. the nerve

the things are spinning but it's difficult to say as yet is it revolution (a progressive movement) or devolution. squabble for power, that much is undeniable.

as for investments, just be sure you're betting on the winners. that's what investing is all about, anyhow. gamble in a zero sum game