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The Met is doing Andrea Chénier this season? Cool. I hope it is simulcast. It's too seldom produced opera.

I was a selected subject for a desensitization experiment using mindfulness methods. There were six other subjects in this trial. After the eight-week trial, I was the only subject reporting no benefit.

So, overall, the method showed a significant beneficial effect, yes?

I'm not sure. The method required prolonged sessions with the experimenters. I wondered if other subjects might report a beneficial effect because of the experimenter's expectations.

@Randy Johnson

I suppose that the security is normally light for a politician not in office, but remember watching this clip of the twelve leading security people spending more time watching the emperor and empress and too little time watching the onlookers in Tokyo Station. https://youtu.be/CD0A_GWGRKc

My son and I watched it in a theater and we enjoyed it. The adapted screenplay certainly deserved the nomination. I was disappointed that Park Yurim did not get nominated for best supporting actress. Her final scene is memorably heart-wrenchingly beautiful. I guess that her onscreen time fell under a minimum.

Jaiden (Jaiden Animations) talks on YouTube about her emotions and identification as a aromantic/asexual person. https://youtu.be/qF1DTK4U1AM [Being not straight]

Zaphod has it right. To explain further, Gaetz opposed a bill to outlaw revenge porn because he claimed such images were the property of the possessor.

@JeffLee You are right, but the cook calling the wheel has everything to do with bringing an entire table's order to near simultaneous completion. I had three servers running continuously for a banquet off the menu for fifty. It was one time that a plan worked out.

Cool. The bird trifecta is in play on Japan Today—today. The main page has news and image headlines on avian flu. The chirping tokkuri made me giggle while sober, so maybe I'm not sufficiently mature to keep the pours from it in check.

Latifah might also promote shelving her execrable role in Bringing Down the House, which exploits dozens more unfunny racial stereotypes in the 30 minutes I could stand to watch. If you haven't seen this movie, don't.

I worked physically demanding jobs overnight ever since 1970. For 41 years, it was same company I retired from. Uninterrupted sleep during the daytime is simply unrealistic in the city. [Why is my neighbor mowing the lawn at the ungodly hour of two in the afternoon???] Starting the work day somewhat fatigued was compounded by the load I could not imagine getting through.

I discovered that napping during my unpaid lunch when I ordinarily take a break after 2 hours gave me more energy than I came to work with and significantly improved my confidence to work through the tasks. Since the lunch was unpaid, returning to work beyond the 30 minutes allotted was not a problem. (It would have been a problem if my lunch delayed the work of others.)

tl:dr, Naptime = yes.

I searched online but apparently the Met Opera Radio channel has not yet banned works in which Domingo sings or conducts. When it banned conductor Levine, the decision was quick. I believe the allegations, but I don't think I can bring myself to turn away from every allegedly misogynistic creep in the arts.

I was six when I had the house key attached by a shoelace to a belt loop.   I had help getting out of the house in the morning, but I was on my own the rest of the day, walking a round-trip home for lunch and then back home after school.   I guess I was on my own for 2½ hours after school and not 4.   Difficulty:  I wasn't permitted to watch television.  (Years later, I found out that my mother couldn't tell if I did.)  So, I really don't think that this situation is quite as irresponsible as some judge.

37. Is into beetles

I do not think that women think dating an entomologist is ideal. However, a man would callously crush an insect that could have been avoided or rescued might lack empathy in general.

Nice photography.

This is not a personalized plate. 731 licenses were issued. I cannot speak for Kansas, but the Michigan Secretary of State omits letter combinations forming troublesome acronyms. Furthermore, the state reserves the right to refuse any personalized plate request. I would guess that Kansas already has similar policies, keeping a banned use list.

Ask yourself: Would you accept a state issued license plate with 'KKK' on it? Try to image level of discomfort.

Brilliant, Donald. The US Government approved news just needs a catchy name. Maybe something like "Voice of America."

Cormorant fishing for remora underneath whale shark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBknkLa6bCM

[turn volume down or off]

SneezyToday 06:26 pm JST

I wonder is Texas A&M will apologise for needlessly politicising a tragedy by accusing the shooter of doing it because he was anti-Trump with absolutely no evidence. I'm not holding my breath.

Is there a source for this? It does not appear in the above article.

gokai_wo_maneku wrote:

If the TPP is not renegotiated, Trump cannot go back to his base and say he negotiated a better deal for the US. So I hope for no renegotiation.

Trump shamelessly claims to have gotten the upper hand on every matter outside of the investigation by the special counsel Mueller. Even if there is no renegotiation that restores the original US stipulations, Trump likely will boast that accepting the current TPP terms is a victory.

He certainly embarrasses people who value honest, careful thought from the president. I wish your prediction would come to be, but some 70% of the GOP still think Trump does a great job after ceaseless administration missteps.

The arrest permits governmental sanctions to proceed. Katsue Suzuki's confusion strongly suggests the appointment and intervention of a caretaker, compelling responsible agencies to sort things out. Jailing a person who is mildly demented interests nobody when culpability is questionable. Summary dismissal of the incident diverts Ms Suzuki from the justice system and also from social care.

Nicely written, Ms. Harris. I enjoyed reading.

PBS Newshour famously jumped at the chance to run a segment about an invention to generate hydrogen from water via low-energy catalytic process. The embarrassment of the hoax was so bad that all trace of that segment was taken off the PBS site. A transcript of the segment has been preserved: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/pbs-newshour-science-water-to-power.83221/

I find nothing praiseworthy about assaulting someone in a courtroom. Margraves disrupted proceedings for his own reasons.

None of my friends knew of Logan Paul. His recent apology needs to be put in the context of the unmentioned purpose of his YouTube channel. This article explains why his apology should be discounted. It contains a compilation of his recorded antics in Japan. I could only watch 1:15. Good luck.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/logan-paul-japan-offensive-vlogs_us_5a4fdb72e4b01e1a4b14fbc9

Didn't mercury thermometers get phased out years ago in favour of alcohol?

Yes, but "mercury" here is used metonymically. Probably, the official temperatures have been determined electronically for a few dozen years.

Thank you for the review, Ms. Jackman. I did not know about this work and I now look forward to finding it.

ScroteJuly 9  08:06 pm JST

Being out in bra and panties is an arrestable offence, but every year we have festivals where men parade through the streets in just their pants and the police do nothing. I think the police need to explain clearly what is and isn't "indecent" and explain why this woman was arrested whilst those taking part in the pants parades are not.

The context provides information of what is normative behavior. The arrest for an indecent act sanctions police intervention to suppress disruptive behavior or intervene for the sake of the actor's well-being. People going to a beach or a sumo match have an expectation that scant clothing is expected.

@Haaa Nemui The reporter is credible. He recounts that telephone call on PBS Washington Week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NTjnBFopsw

Cool, informal family picture. I hope that the enjoy this time in their lives.

The Tokyo Fire Department link for choking demonstrates slaps to the back to dislodge airway obstructions. In what way is this technique better than the Hemlich maneuver?