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A much more detailed article: https://people.com/lisa-marie-presley-died-from-complications-of-bariatric-surgery-what-to-know-about-the-weight-loss-procedure-7561508

A couple of years ago, I was in a supermarket where they had one of these on display. Everyone was looking at it in awe. I thought it was a great PR thing for the supermarket. That's the point of these things, I was told, by a stranger. "Nobody's going to buy them usually. Businesses use them to bring people to their stores." Good idea! I'm glad I was able to see one, and bought some stuff at that store.

I totally agree with MOONRAKER (the first comment here). Listen to yourself, China! What!?! Stand down, and there will be no need for such alliances to be built.

Special police?

I totally agree with user Antiquesaving.

They said 15 mass shooting so far!? "There have been 146 mass shootings in 2023 so far, which is defined by the Gun Violence Archive as an incident in which four or more victims are shot or killed. These mass shootings have led to 209 deaths and 563 injuries so far this year." https://abcnews.go.com/US/116-people-died-gun-violence-day-us-year/story?id=97382759

I am sad on so many levels reading this article. Personal and social problems abound, and the gun culture creeps into all parts of the lives of people in the US nowadays. So sad.

Slow news day?

He is probably the first of many who will be arrested for this crime. The government tried to make it easy and quick for firms to get money to pay laid off employees, etc.. Unfortunately, people are going to take advantage of such systems for personal gain.

Slow news day? Why are we reading about this?

After a careful examination of this photo, it looks like 3 two-pronged weapons were used. In the US, most of the bureaucratic offices like this are surrounded by rather mundane looking barriers that a car could not crash into. It's surprising that such obstacles have not been put in place in Tokyo

Ian:

"Maybe Huawei can help"

That really cracked me up!

All-in-all, Japan is really great. I can't remember the last time we even had a power outage (even though I know that there are areas hit by natural disasters that have them). Compared to other countries, we have it pretty good here, I think.

It's just easier to imagine a dystopian future if such a device evolves. It made me think of the episode Metalhead on the Netflix series Black Mirror.

Interesting, but the original question is never answered. What an unsatisfying read. As someone else already asked: So, how many are there?

https://youtu.be/7YyBtMxZgQs

I don't know why people say things like, "get over it." Japanese do not use this time to blame the US at all. They use this time to blame themselves on one hand, because they realized through all of this that war is wrong. On the other hand, these indiscriminate weapons that cause mass destruction are so terrible, they use the time to say that we should never use such weapons again. And, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur said, "We should pray for peace." A very commendable action by the Japanese, and people of Hiroshima.

As long as they legally make the turn into, through, and out of the parking lot, I don't think you can (or should) do anything. But, shame on the taxi driver--a professional driver--for doing such a thing. And, people who make an illegal turn, drive on the wrong side of the road, break the speed limit, etc., should be ticketed anyway, in my opinion.

Whenever I think of Ringo, the same three words always come to me 3 times: "Peace and Love! Peace and Love! Peace and Love!"

Through my own experience teaching in Japan, it just interests me that they worry so much about things like hair color and skirt length. But, then when a student falls asleep in the middle of class, teachers just ignore them.

SandyBeachHeaven wrote The age to decide is 20, not 22.

Nope! It is 22. Article 14 of the Nationality Law reads as follows:

A Japanese national having a foreign nationality shall choose either of the nationalities before he or she reaches twenty two years of age if he or she has acquired both nationalities on and before the day when he or she reaches twenty years of age or, within two years after the day when he or she acquired the second nationality if he or she acquired such nationality after the day when he or she reached twenty years of age.

Good news. We need the power. We are happy that the facilities have all been greatly improved for safety, from both terrorist activities and against natural disasters.

What a great idea! I like how lots of great restaurants that I used to go to here on Shikoku Island that are now selling bento boxes with their great food on the streets at lunchtime. If it had not been for this crazy pandemic, they never would have done it. One friend who is a restaurant owner has said that he is making more money now by doing the lunchtime bentos than he did by being a night-time only restaurant. More power to this innovation. What is the expression: Necessity is the mother of invention...and innovation in these times. (And I am with Vinke. I want to try these foods.)

It's really sad news. I went to motorcycle riding school in Japan and in the US. But, there are too many variables that I stopped riding in this country. The roads are really narrow, and people don't take enough care. I feel sorry for the guy who stayed in his lane. I have almost been hit by motorcyclists twice while driving my car, where they came around a corner, without enough care, driving into my lane. In both cases, they dropped their bikes and suffered low speed injuries. It's really easy to become lackadaisical about obeying traffic rules. We all do it. (So, when I say that people don't take enough care, that includes myself.) On a motorcycle, there is not much room at all for error, though. I hope everyone out there riding will take good care, and I pray for both of these guys and their families.

Am I the only person who has never found “Peanuts” or Charlie Brown to be remotely funny or interesting in any way? Its appeal is a mystery to me.

Interesting. I am a huge fan. Find the first comic strip. It is not funny, it is mean. I have studied a lot about Mr. Schulz, and was basically a depressed guy who wrote the strip about his depression. Charlie Brown never wins, he never kicks the football. One of the interesting things is that if you read about the making of the Peanuts movie that was made a few years ago, they even had to TAKE OUT some of the jokes because they were too funny. Craig Schulz, the son of the founder was quoted as saying that Peanuts was never laugh out loud funny. The jokes are more deserving of a simple grin or a soft chuckle. It's easy to find the very first strip that was in the papers by doing a search. Check it out But, while I loved the strip, I understand your feelings. I give your comment a + for sure.

And we still don't even know where the bathrooms are on the ships. Gene Roddenberry thought that humans would have overcome things like the use of money, and so on, in the future. Will heterosexual relationships also become the abnormal thing as we evolve to the 23rd century and beyond? Who knows!?

People steal cars and sell it for parts because the parts sold individually can cost more than the car. I guess that the same is true for Japanese food like this bought from a convenience store. Still, it's very interesting if you want to impress your date. Ha!

The humane thing to do is to do our best to return all remains to their rightful place, regardless what country they are from, so that they can be put to rest and their families can find closure. This all happened over 75 years ago this weekend. It's too late for us to worry about blame at this time. Let's just do what we can to get the remains, all remains, regardless of nationality, back to where they came from.

charges based on suspicion of violating the animal law.

The "animal law?"

I think it was worth testing. We need to test, test and test. It's just too bad that it did not work. That's the way find things that work and things that don't work.

Saying a prayer for all the school tragedies like this one around the world. †