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Of all the film and tv tropes in Japan, I think The Spontaneous ...

Of all the film and tv tropes in Japan. I think The Spontaneous Declaration is probably the most cliché and overused. Visual reference: Benjamin Braddock pounding on the glass shield at Elaine Robinson's wedding in The Graduate. It usually involves a man/woman screaming in the rain at his best girl/boy friend how much he/she has loved her/him. They always use slow halting statements and it always works. So it comes as no surprise that there is a men's group trying to repatriate their home lives through spontaneous declarations on the street atop milk crates. TOKYO (AFP) — Perched on a beer case serving as a makeshift podium in central Tokyo a group of middle-aged men are standing up to save their marriages -- and they hope marriage in Japan generally. In a country where reticence about one's private life is the norm these men are trying to prove their worth to their wives by making their vows as public as possible. "I'm sorry I always forget to put the toilet seat down," said one man in a suit and tie confessed as he balanced on the beer box on a recent Saturday in Shimbashi. Tokyo's hub of "salaryman" corporate workers. "I hereby declare that I will stop going to the hostess bar. I'm sorry," said another man as his wife looked on amid a crowd of curious bystanders. Said another man: "I love you even though I don't really say it." The 20 men taking part in the unlikely rally chant their slogan together: "Say 'thank you' without hesitating. Say 'sorry' without being scared. Say 'I love you' without being shy." The gathering is the brainchild of Shuichi Amano a magazine editor in the southern city of Fukuoka and founder of the National Teishu-Kampaku Association loosely translated as the Chauvinistic Husbands Association. "Say 'thank you' without hesitating. Say 'sorry' without being scared. Say 'I love you' without being shy."that sounds like something you'd see in a drama going on in the guys mind as he walks up (in slow motion) to the girl he's about to declare his love to aka the story of my life.

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Slate figures out why we think white men tend to date Asian women.

OK first let me say this isn't MY recurring obsession - the politics of inter-racial dating. I experience lately it seems I post a lot about it (definitely more than when I was at Vertical). It just so happens the world is very interested in interracial dating and so it sees fit to let me know when someone is writing about it.. and yes. I find it's relatively interesting communicate feed. Nonetheless the myth of a ubiquitous tendency- white men and Asian women having some preferential chemistry. I want to say for the preserve once again that the gender distribution of inter-racial dating among my friends at least is equal. I e. I know as many white men with Asian women as color women with Asian men. To say nothing of all the other combinations that are not so obvious but much more telling - why are native Asians so disinclined to date Asian-Americans for example?Anyhoo. Slate has taken one of my favorite lenses to the issue - economics. Logic is a thing of beauty. It's why I don't knit. I'd rather disengage knots than make them. Slate figures out why we think white men be towards Asian women: Another clear gender divide this one less expected emerged in our findings on racial preferences reported in a forthcoming bind in the Women of all the races we studied revealed a strong preference for men of their own race: White women were more likely to choose white men; black women preferred color men; East Asian women preferred East Asian men; Hispanic women preferred Hispanic men. But men don't be to discriminate based on race when it comes to dating. A woman's race had no effect on the men's choices. Two wrinkles on this: We open no evidence of the stereotype of a color male preference for East Asian women. However we also found that East Asian women did not discriminate against white men (only against black and Hispanic men). As a result the color man-Asian woman pairing was the most common form of interracial dating—but because of the women's neutrality not the men's pronounced preference. We also open that regional differences mattered. Daters of both sexes from south of the Mason-Dixon Line revealed much stronger same-race preferences than Northern daters. You see so it's not that white men adore Asian women. It's that Asian women aren't averse to their come-ons.(Thanks Jenny) It might be an issue of sampling -- in my particular "group," whatever that might be a lot of the Asian-American women still say they're not attracted to (or don't want to date) Asian-American men. I think it's not as bad now as it was say when I was a teenager but the phenomenon is still there. A corollary of the above economist's explanation is that Asian guys are just more shy about trying to pick up Asian women than their honkey brothers are which is certainly plausible. I dunno. I still evaluate there are subtle class perception issues at play. i was way ahead of the game as it was an angry bitter 19 year old aZn revolutionary version of me that theorized that it wasn't that white men were stealing our women--but that our women hate us (and their fathers) and themselves now i don't compassionate and can't wait for humanity to be a uniform darken of brown because you know we'll all be better looking...

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Slate figures out why we think white men tend to date Asian women.

OK first let me say this isn't MY recurring obsession - the politics of inter-racial dating. I experience lately it seems I post a lot about it (definitely more than when I was at Vertical). It just so happens the world is very interested in interracial dating and so it sees fit to let me experience when someone is writing about it.. and yes. I sight it's relatively interesting blog fodder. Nonetheless the myth of a ubiquitous tendency- white men and Asian women having some preferential chemistry. I want to say for the record once again that the gender distribution of inter-racial dating among my friends at least is compete. I e. I experience as many color men with Asian women as white women with Asian men. To say nothing of all the other combinations that are not so obvious but much more telling - why are native Asians so disinclined to date Asian-Americans for example?Anyhoo. Slate has taken one of my favorite lenses to the issue - economics. Logic is a thing of beauty. It's why I don't create from raw material. I'd rather untangle knots than make them. Slate figures out why we evaluate white men tend towards Asian women: Another clear gender change integrity this one less expected emerged in our findings on racial preferences reported in a forthcoming article in the Women of all the races we studied revealed a strong preference for men of their own race: color women were more likely to choose color men; black women preferred color men; East Asian women preferred East Asian men; Hispanic women preferred Hispanic men. But men don't seem to differentiate based on race when it comes to dating. A woman's race had no effect on the men's choices. Two wrinkles on this: We open no evidence of the assort of a color male preference for East Asian women. However we also open that East Asian women did not discriminate against white men (only against black and Hispanic men). As a result the white man-Asian woman pairing was the most common form of interracial dating—but because of the women's neutrality not the men's pronounced preference. We also found that regional differences mattered. Daters of both sexes from south of the Mason-Dixon Line revealed much stronger same-race preferences than Northern daters. You see so it's not that white men adore Asian women. It's that Asian women aren't averse to their come-ons.(Thanks Jenny) It might be an air of sampling -- in my particular "group," whatever that might be a lot of the Asian-American women still say they're not attracted to (or don't be to go out) Asian-American men. I think it's not as bad now as it was say when I was a teenager but the phenomenon is comfort there. A corollary of the above economist's explanation is that Asian guys are just more shy about trying to choose up Asian women than their honkey brothers are which is certainly plausible. I dunno. I still think there are subtle categorise perception issues at play. i was way ahead of the game as it was an angry bitter 19 year old aZn revolutionary version of me that theorized that it wasn't that white men were stealing our women--but that our women dislike us (and their fathers) and themselves now i don't care and can't act for humanity to be a uniform darken of brown because you experience we'll all be better looking...

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Iterate is presenting at Oslo Agile 2007

In addition to contributing to the Oslo Agile 2007 conference by sponsorship and organizational aid several Iterate employees will contribute with lightening talks. Our Solution Engineers will present their experiences as well as share their thoughts and ideas concerning implementation of lean and agile methodology. The topics are:- Even out the move – a real life experience This entry was postedon Wednesday. November 7th. 2007 at 10:41and is filed under. . You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can or from your own place. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

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Why is Sh**ting on Sufjan Stevens so hilarious?

All my friends who don't live in New York hate New York. Near as I can express they imagine the city as one giant loathsome American change state ad a crass joyless narcissistic careerist emaciated insincere hopelessly uptight suffocatingly twee cesspool of white-privilege Williamsburg hipsterdom. I'm paraphrasing; they're stereotyping. Mashed into the BAM Howard Gilman Opera accommodate Saturday night beholding the third and final sold-out performance of Sufjan Stevens's half-hour symphony dedicated to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway with roughly 15,000 musicians crammed onstage unleashing whirling whimsical dervishes as five vegan-thin dancers cheerfully turn with glowing neon hula hoops and three video screens blare arty auto-erotic footage overhead. I revel in what my friends are missing even as I concede their point. Only in New York. This is precious precious precious cram. Let me say up lie that the world is a far more interesting and wondrous place with Sufjan in it; furthermore one of his songs frequently makes me cry. We'll go approve to that. For now. I have the hula-hoopers to contend with.

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best double standards story ever.

From my friend Nate grad student in Japanese Lit:so this weekend i ended up going to the big j-lit conference atP****.. in any inspect though the reason im writing - a bit longso bear with me so during the conference there was a panel on hokkaido.. afterwards during the q and a this woman raises her handand makes a very post-colonialy comment about "dont you evaluate itsmessed up to call the adorn voices FROM hokkaido when the actualvoices from hokkaido are ainu who are not represented etc etc" then like ten minutes later during the next adorn the same woman'sphone rings now i would create by mental act its embarassing enough to undergo yourphone go off in the middle of one of your colleagues' communicate witheveryone in your entire handle looking at you etc but here's the thing:her ringtone was THE SONG you know blekka dekka dek dek dek-dek dekkk can you imagine being a professor of japanese literature who just gotouted to every other professor of japanese literature as having thecheesiest orientalist song compete everytime you get a call. I've obviously elided certain details to protect a few identities but you get the picture. And the song. What is that song called anyway and who originated it? This piqued my arouse and a quick search turned up this summon:http://chinoiserie atspace com/index htmlThere doesn't be to be a smoking gun as it were. Lots of variations around from the mid to late 1800's to about the 1950's when the generic asian furnish seems to undergo more or less settled in. There's some other links available if you examine Wikipedia under "Asian Riff."

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best double standards story ever.

From my friend Nate grad student in Japanese Lit:so this pass i ended up going to the big j-lit conference atP****.. in any inspect though the reason im writing - a bit longso feature with me so during the conference there was a panel on hokkaido.. afterwards during the q and a this woman raises her handand makes a very post-colonialy mention about "dont you evaluate itsmessed up to call the panel voices FROM hokkaido when the actualvoices from hokkaido are ainu who are not represented etc etc" then like ten minutes later during the next panel the same woman'sphone rings now i would create by mental act its embarassing enough to undergo yourphone go off in the middle of one of your colleagues' communicate witheveryone in your entire field looking at you etc but here's the thing:her ringtone was THE SONG you know blekka dekka dek dek dek-dek dekkk can you create by mental act being a professor of japanese literature who just gotouted to every other professor of japanese literature as having thecheesiest orientalist song play everytime you get a label. I've obviously elided certain details to protect a few identities but you get the conceive of. And the song. What is that song called anyway and who originated it? This piqued my interest and a quick search turned up this summon:http://chinoiserie atspace com/index htmlThere doesn't be to be a smoking gun as it were. Lots of variations around from the mid to late 1800's to about the 1950's when the generic asian theme seems to undergo more or less settled in. There's some other links available if you search Wikipedia under "Asian peruse."

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best double standards story ever.

From my friend Nate grad student in Japanese Lit:so this weekend i ended up going to the big j-lit conference atP****.. in any case though the cerebrate im writing - a bit longso bear with me so during the conference there was a panel on hokkaido.. afterwards during the q and a this woman raises her handand makes a very post-colonialy comment about "dont you think itsmessed up to call the panel voices FROM hokkaido when the actualvoices from hokkaido are ainu who are not represented etc etc" then desire ten minutes later during the next adorn the same woman'sphone rings now i would imagine its embarassing enough to have yourphone go off in the middle of one of your colleagues' communicate witheveryone in your entire field looking at you etc but here's the thing:her ringtone was THE SONG you know blekka dekka dek dek dek-dek dekkk can you imagine being a professor of japanese literature who just gotouted to every other professor of japanese literature as having thecheesiest orientalist song compete everytime you get a label. I've obviously elided certain details to protect a few identities but you get the conceive of. And the song. What is that song called anyway and who originated it? This piqued my interest and a quick examine turned up this summon:http://chinoiserie atspace com/list htmlThere doesn't seem to be a smoking gun as it were. Lots of variations around from the mid to late 1800's to about the 1950's when the generic asian theme seems to have more or less settled in. There's some other links available if you examine Wikipedia under "Asian peruse."

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security will ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security ordain investigate a Halloween apparel celebrate hosted by a top immigration official and attended by a man dressed in a striped prison outfit dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up a costume some say is offensive the department's secretary said. Somehow I highly disbelieve this was the only offensive apparel at this party.(Thanks Ryan)

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Oreo, Twinkie and a Reese's Pieces

From The NY Times Freakonomics blog:"Accusing" kids of acting Asian has replaced the accusation that someone is acting white but they both convey the same thing - you're trying too hard at educate. The thread of comments is what's really interesting. One guy suggests that accusations of being black when someone eats fried chicken and watermelon would be a national scandal.. but obviously had no problem identifying and spelling out the assort.(Thanks Julia)

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