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Author: kuri
  • Non-electric housecleaning

    Dusting, check. Scrubbing, check. Vacuuming…no.

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  • Tokyo transit & other notes

    with video of train trip across town

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  • Notes from Utsunomiya

    Blackouts and gas shortages

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  • Observations on power conservation & food shortages

    Rolling blackout are in effect throughout Kanto but there are so many individuals and businesses trying to conserve energy that only one of the 7 planned outages happened today. Who know about tomorrow, but let me tell you what I saw (and Tod told me about) around in Tokyo today. Train companies reduced services drastically.…

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  • Maintaining sanity in a stressed environment

    Here we are a few days after the big earthquake. Things are grim up north as the death toll rises and tense as nuclear plants struggle to cool their reactors.  Around Tokyo we have power shortages with schedule blackouts and a there’s good likelihood of another earthquake that we’ll feel strongly in the next couple…

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  • Post-quake power issues

    Nuclear emergencies and power shortages.

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  • Grocery non-shopping

  • The Big One, Bunkyo style

    I know where I was when the Big One hit.

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  • Circus Style Hoop Drill for Hoop Dancers: hands to knees (30 second version)

    This hoop drill may surprise you with its effective simplicity.

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  • Circus Style Hoop Drill for Hoop Dancers: hoop stack

    A new video with a hoop workout.

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