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		<title>Whale sashimi in Japanese supermarkets</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2010/04/23/whale-sashimi-in-japanese-supermarkets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have noticed Antarctic whale meat (in the form of sashimi) on supermarket shelves lately. The particular species of whale that was on sale at my local supermarket was the Minke Whale. Japan tells the world that they are killing whales for research purposes and not for food. The international community generally does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama finally in office</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2009/01/21/obama-finally-in-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I am sure that just about everyone else in the world is writing (and happy) about Obama finally taking office I have a bit of a concern. Although I think he will be good for the country and the world I am sure, many things may be more out of his control that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaction by Japanese news to near 100$ a barrel oil</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2007/11/22/reaction-by-japanese-news-to-near-100-a-barrel-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was watching the news program of a major news progam and at exactly 7:30AM a giant headline appeared on the screen saying that a barrel of oil had closed at over $97US in New York at the end of the previous day of trading. This is indeed quite significant news. However, immediatly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan starts fingerprinting foreigners.</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2007/11/21/japan-starts-fingerprinting-foreigners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote in a Previous article Japan was scheduled to start fingerprinting all foreigners that enter Japan include those with permenant residence and excluding those that fit into special categories such as 3rd generation Korean born or people on diplomatic visa and they did just so. My issue with the system is not that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do we really need bottled water?</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2007/09/06/do-we-really-need-bottled-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The market for bottled watter grows every year and in the US it currently stands at 15B $US and set to pass 16B$ next year. In the last few months, the bottled water industry has been taking a fair beating in the media. Quite rightfully so in my mind. Bottled water seems like a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Radiation not a factor in Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2007/07/15/solar-radiation-not-a-factor-in-global-warming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a scientific study published recently, it has been concluded that solar radiation is not responsible for the drastic warming on the Earth in recent years. Global Warming nay-sayers have often cited solar radiation as the main factor in global warming and say that the human influence is negligible. This evidence was used in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China passes America to be #1&#8230; Pollutor</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2007/07/06/chinese-pass-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, last week it became official. The news that we all knew was going to come sooner or later has arrived. The Chinese have supraseed the USA to become the #1 polluter on Earth. As for last week, the 2006 Chinese CO2 emssions were estimated at 6.2bn tonnes while the USA at &#8220;only&#8221; 5.8bn tonnes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fingerprints for all foreign visitors to Japan</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2007/06/28/fingerprints-for-all-foreignerse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow the lead of the US, Japan has also implemented a system of taking fingerprints for all foreign visitors as they enter the country. The new law will come into effect November 2007. The ironic thing with all this is that Japan tried to implement a system where all Japanese citizens would be fingerprinted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depriving Oneself</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2007/06/21/depriving-oneself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have found myself thinking of the sacrifices that I make for the &#8220;enviornment&#8221; (for lack of a better term). As most people know, climate change is a serious problem for the world and the human influence is pretty undenaiable. The largest contributor being carbon dioxide. So, in that pretext, I try to minimize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dreaded Immigration Office</title>
		<link>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2006/10/17/the-dreaded-immigration-office/</link>
		<comments>http://blogen.brendanpaull.com/index.php/2006/10/17/the-dreaded-immigration-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally went to the Toyko Immigration Office for the first time since I moved to Tokyo and it was quite an experience. The buildiing was very new and quite well layed out and appeared to be sufficient in size. That being said, it was miles from absolutely anything of convienence. It is located in [...]]]></description>
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