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Man dies in a speed-eating contest

2016年12月14日

  An onigiri speed-eating contest was held at Hikone City in Shiga Prefecture. During the said competition, a 28-year old man fell down while engaging in the said competition. Apparently, a number of onigiris were lodged in the throat of the participant. He was given medical attention promptly. However, the man passed away three days after he was taken to a health facility. The speed-eating contest held amid the “Friendship Festival” was run by Higashibiwako’s Japan Agricultural Cooperative. It is an occasion in which local farm products, including the Oumimai rice brand, a specialty of the prefecture are the main feature. Fifteen people participated on the said occasion. Each participant…
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Times University Ranking

2016年12月9日

  The 2016-2017 Times Higher Education World University Rankings listed the 980 finest universities in the world. The ranking was determined by teaching, research, and knowledge transfer, and international outlook. The reckoning of the rankings was conducted by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). 289 Asian universities from 24 nations made it into the list. However, some institutions in France, Italy, Spain and many parts of Europe are losing ground as Asia continues its ascent. The world university rankings prove that Asia’s advancement in higher education is absolute and thriving. The National University of Singapore took the Asian crown in 24th place. The University of Tokyo ranked 39th this year, making…
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HIV Test on a USB Stick

2016年12月9日

  A USB stick to test HIV (human deficiency virus) is introduced to quickly and accurately analyze how much virus is in a patient’s bloodstream. It can pinpoint HIV in a drop of blood that will then send electrical signals that can be interpreted by a computer. The device is the result of combined efforts of researchers in Imperial College London and a U.S. firm DNA Electronics. Given that the technology is in its early stage, it is already crucial to efficient and regular monitoring of patients’ virus level. According to the journal of Scientific reports, the initial run on the device could provide results for only 20.8 minutes at…
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World’s First Bollywood Theme Park Opens in Dubai

2016年12月6日

  DXB Entertainments PJSC is proud to present the world’s first Bollywood theme park. The Dubai Parks and Resorts opened last November 17, two weeks after the opening of Legoland Dubai and Riverland Dubai. CEO Raed Kajoor Al Nuaimi expressed his utmost pride with his company’s latest enterprise which took three years to build. The 57,935m2 Bollywood Parks Dubai is part of the multi-themed park, the 25 million ft2 Dubai Parks and Resorts. Inspired by Hindi movies, performers can be seen dancing to Bollywood tunes. Guests can enjoy a wide array of thirty live performances inspired from fabulous Hindi movies such as the epic historical drama, “Mughal-E-Azam”, action movie “Dabangg”,…
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Ali Baba breaks sales record on Singles’ Day

2016年11月28日

  The leading e-commerce Chinese company Ali Baba has transformed Singles’ Day into the world’s biggest shopping bonanza–a significant breakthrough since the annual event’s debut last 2009. Ali Baba’s reported sales for November 11th totaled to 121 billion yuan ($18 billion), an ample difference of 32 percent from the preceding year’s sales of $14.3 billion. The Chinese company detailed 82 percent of purchases were made on smartphones. But some were skeptical about the accuracy of these figures amid claims of excessive sales data provided by online retailers. Alleged online merchants trading imitation products is just another hitch the industry is facing. Notwithstanding these reports, analysts said the online shopping will…
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Earthquake strikes New Zealand

2016年11月28日

  A powerful tremor continued to rock New Zealand. The US geological analysis says 21 tremor had struck New Zealand by 3 PM on Monday, after the 1st major tremor at midnight. It says 4 of them registered magnitudes of 6 or higher. About 40 minutes after the tremor, tsunami waves were espied along the marginal town of Kaikoura, reaching up to 1.5 meters. The extent of the destruction includes 2 people that were killed. Some small towns are secluded and damaged buildings are sowed across the area. The town, a tourist destination, is about 60 kilometers from the epicenter. The government says they will dispatch the navy vessel and…
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Airport Wi-Fi

2016年11月28日

  Rotten Wi-Fi, a subsidiary of TelcoQ, reveals the Top 20 airports worldwide with best Wi-Fi connection in 2016. Wi-Fi speed and quality have been evaluated in two hundred twenty-six airports worldwide. Airports from USA and Thailand led the list, with at least six airports listed in the Top 20. Leading the list is Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, USA with an average download speed of 42.17 Mbps, and a customer satisfaction rating of 8/10. Succeeding the list is Lennart Meri Tallinn, Estonia with 38.30 Mbps followed by Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand with 37.10 Mbps. In terms of customer satisfaction, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, USA and Changi International Airport,…
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Overworking Issue

2016年11月25日

Japan is doubling its efforts on tackling karoshi or death from work in the wake of a work-related suicide that sparked public outrage. Matsuri Takahashi, 24, committed suicide after working 105 hours of overtime a month. The advertising giant, Dentsu Inc., which she was then working for, was being thoroughly investigated by labor authorities to find any other employment violation. The company, in response, banned its employees from staying in the office later than 10pm and cut the maximum monthly overtime by five hours to alleviate their working condition. However, the reaction to Dentsu’s countermeasures was not as expected. A good number of their employees raised their concerns about not…
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Daytime students in night schools

2016年11月18日

  The government forged ahead with a proposal for the sake of junior high school students. These students were the ones who were rebuffed, or were incapable of going to daytime institutions. Public night institutions typically cater classes to those 15 years old or older who have not completed compulsory education. Educational abutment centers are operated by municipalities, while free schools are managed by private sectors. There are 97,000 junior high school students countrywide who refused to go to institutions. The new government protocol renders 31 accessible public night junior high school institutions in 25 cities across eight prefectures in Japan. Currently, all these institutions had about 1,800 enrollees, and…
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US Inmates Uses Instant Ramen as Currency

2016年11月18日

  Tobacco was the preferred currency that inmates use in prisons before. Nowadays, the chosen currency of inmates is ramen. Jailbirds were no longer happy with the food’s quality and quantity inside the prison that they have begun depending on ramen noodles as a form of cash in the subterranean economy. Ramen turned into an invaluable product used to trade for other goods inside the prison as it is economical, palatable and rich in calories. 60 inmates were interviewed as a part of the study to learn how the inmates responded to the declining services in prison. The food received by the inmates is either inedible or too little to…
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