With the engine running they can also tell the police that they were just stopping for a bit before moving on
The engine running has no bearing on whether a car is "parked" or "stopped".
Basically "parked" is when the car is unattended (the driver has left the car). If the driver is still in the car, the car is considered "stopped" -- regardless if the engine is running or not.
The police rarely give tickets to these drivers because Japanese laws lack teeth on enforcement.
Police can't ticket someone for legally stopping on the side of the road where permitted. As long as the driver remains with the car, it's not considered "parking".
MIT Health organizes free classes / workshops on meditation (mindfulness), yoga, etc. which is also a good way to meet others with similar interests and get information on upcoming meditation retreats, etc.
Your place might have a hot water tank installed, and the sound might be the tank getting refilled.
If you're in a newer "all electric" apartment / mansion / house (with no gas lines) then chances are there's a water tank.
Usually you can check by looking at the hot water control unit, which will show the state of the tank (% filled) if there is one.
Like a couple other pokemon, Bounsweet is set at a longer distance (and close to the ground) so you had to adjust your throw for a bit of extra reach.
I had to remind myself a couple of times but otherwise it wasn't that hard to hit "great throws" at least.
How many times do people have to tell you that it's not guaranteed based on CP?
THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES.
There are many 98% IVs that "round up" to the same CP as a hundo.
I mean, you have a Bounsweet that is literally an example that CP doesn't guarantee hundo -- yet you're still arguing that such guarantee exist.
As I understand the redevelopment schedule for Palette Town changed significantly (was pushed forward) during COVID.
Hi I'm coming over.
(I caught a shiny Azelf at home a couple of months ago during the Sinnoh Tour but haven't seen one since).
I like how Maserati is in the "Has no money" section.
Owners are broke because all the $$$$ for constant repairs.
No, you have it backwards.
The original TeamLab Borderless in Odaiba Palette Town was a large permanent exhibit, not a popup. It was probably double the size of Planets. It was also much more interactive.
Planets was supposed to be the smaller temporary exhibit, compared to Borderless. (Planets opened after Borderless as a 2 year exhibit that was to end in 2020).
However COVID happened and Odaiba suddenly became a ghost town. With almost no visitors, the entire Palette Town complex was then shut down for redevelopment, and so the original Borderless was forced to close as well.
With the main Odaiba location gone, TeamLab decided to extend Planets from 2020 to 2023. Then last year they decided to extend Planets again to 2027.
The new Borderless, like the old one, is a permanent exhibition.
They should be able to get a Pasmo Passport:
https://www.pasmo.co.jp/visitors/en/buy/
They may be able to get a Welcome Suica at Narita JR East Travel Service Centers, despite what the JR East website says.
I don't think it has changed? International Android models lack the necessary software / firmware to actually support Felica, even if they have the right hardware.
Felica is licensed by Sony, hence manufacturers other than Apple don't want to pay the licensing fee to enable support on overseas models.
Security checks due to "strange odor" near Ayase Station.
Not exactly.
Giving treats, snapshots, playing together, etc., are "interaction" activities, not necessarily hearts.
E.g., most often you need to give 3 treats to get one heart. Your picture shows 62 treats given so that might only be 62/3 = 20 hearts received.
There's also some per day limits, e.g., if you did multiple snapshots a day, you're only credited with one heart.
But even assuming all the other interactions besides treats did give you a heart, the total is still only 56 hearts (20+19+13+4), well short of 70 (which is the "Great Buddy" level).
Anyway just keep on interacting and eventually you'll become "Great Buddy" with the eevee and should be able to evolve them to Sylveon.
however Americans are exceptionally high in this as a percent of their population
Not really.
First, America is a big country with a diverse population. Fully 20% of Americans don't even speak English at home. That's 1 out of 5, before even counting bilinguals who do speak English at home and can speak a second language.
E.g., compare to places like Japan or even Mexico where less than 10% are bilingual in total.
And if we define multilingualism as the ability to converse in a foreign language (rather than just local or national dialects) then Americans are far above average.
There are literally billions of people in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America who don't speak a foreign language. In places like China, Argentina, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia etc.
Only speaking one language is a very American concept.
There are 2-3 billion people who speak only one language. Plus a few billion more who only speak one national language plus a local dialect.
That's the majority of the Earth's population. Not a very American concept.
In Japan is mostly for marketing.
In-n-Out have to do this in Australia because there a trademark can expire if not used after 3 years. In Japan the laws are different and trademarks are based more on registration priority (paperwork).
As the joke goes, the first company to fax in their trademark registration wins.
Maybe you're familiar with fluorescent lamps?
In a fluorescent lamp, electric energy is absorbed by the gas inside the lamp. Then the gas will release back part of this absorbed energy as photons -- light that we can see. So basically a fluorescent lamp converts electricity into light, by absorbing excess energy then releasing photons in turn.
Auroras work in almost exactly the same way. Energetic particles from the sun get absorbed by gasses high up in the atmosphere, then this extra energy gets released again as photons (light) that we can see.
We have a mix of different gasses in the atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen, etc.) and depending on the altitude the various gasses end up releasing light at different wavelengths -- so we get reds, greens, yellows, etc.
The Earth's magnetic field usually deflects particles from the sun towards the north & south poles; That's why usually we can only see auroras near the poles. But sometimes, during times of intense solar activity or due to fluctuations of the Earth's magnetic field, auroras can be seen far away from the polar regions.
Wait a couple of days, then check your visa online statement to see if there were actually two transactions or just one.
I'm guessing there was just one transaction, and Google didn't actually charge you for a 2nd one but just sending you a receipt since the payment was processed via Google Pay.
That means you haven't actually earned 70 hearts with the eevee. Generally 70 hearts is when the eevee becomes "great buddy" (2nd level) with you.
Do you think it was unsafe and reckless decision from the pilots or I am misinterpreting / exagerating what was actulally happened?
We weren't there. But in 99% of cases like this, the flight was completely safe and from the pilots' perspective there was no risk at all. Also, depending on where you were sitting, the turbulence can feel much worse there compared to in the cockpit.
Flights occasionally run into unexpected severe turbulence. But even from what you've described (and did not describe), I can tell it was no where the level that would endanger the plane.
- The one flight attendant went back instead of immediately securing herself wherever she was
- The more experienced flight attendants weren't concerned
- People and luggage etc. were not actually smashing into ceilings
- The plane did not experience severe dives or extreme bank angles
- It went on for an hour, so the pilots didn't even feel the necessity to divert etc.
I remember I kindly asked a few ladies around me to stop screaming because they were making everyone feeling worse.
I think you actually had the right intuition here. Their screaming made things seem worse than they were. The fact that you had the composure to tell them to stop was your inner self already realizing that the situation was probably not as bad as it seemed.
高等専門学校 (kosen) are "technical colleges" which is a bit different than "technical high schools". Although students enter kosen after junior high, these schools are considered colleges (not high schools) since they grant an associates degree. Most are national schools instead of local public schools. As noted, many are very competitive to get into (top students in Japan level).
The (fictional) technical high schools OP mentioned are 工業高等学校. Like any high school they are 3 years and grant a high school diploma. They focus on practical skills to enter the job market rather than preparing for higher education (fewer than 30% of the students go on to higher education). Many technical high schools are "less than competitive" to enter, but can provide solid education for those wishing to enter the workforce.
"pretty swift but not very wise"
He didn't say sales were exactly $10,000 per week, but rather the hotel did around $10,000 a week in business.
Many hotels can make substantially more money on weekend days (e.g., Friday to Sunday) than for weekdays (e.g., Monday to Thursday). Higher room rates, more food & beverage sales, hosting weddings and other special events, etc. Sometimes the average weekend revenue can be 50% more or even 100% more (double) vs. the weekday revenue.
But with the current calendar system, in some years April will can more weekend days than May.
For example, last year April had 14 out of 30 days being Friday-Sunday (47%) while May only had 12 out of 31 days (39%).
Lets say a hotel in April averaged $1000 per day on weekdays and $2000 on weekends. And in May they averaged $1010 on weekdays and $2010 on weekends.
If we work out the math, the hotel made $44,000 in April but only $43,310 in May, even though in May the hotel made more revenue both on weekdays and on weekends on average and May has an extra day. But because April had more weekend days, the total revenue was higher in April than in May.
Seems like most of the programs have moved online / virtual since the pandemic, but you can email the MIT wellness team for more info (address on the 3nd link above).
Also when I was there there used to be weekly silent meditation sessions under the beautiful Barker Library dome but I'm not sure if they still have them now.
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