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THE GENESIS OF SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR PLANET EARTH AND HUMANITY

On this Sunday, in my 17th year of this blog, I thought, my life is now not as exciting as in the past.  While I did last month return from a nearly two-month long trip that took us from Honolulu to Seattle ( by air ); then a very long cruise through the Panama Canal to Southhampton, UK; another flight to Amsterdam, Netherlands; a European Christmas Cruise to Budapest; flight to Zurich for a couple of days; then a 27 hour return by plane to Honolulu; certainly more than virtually every one of you reading this has accomplished the past year, relatively, my earlier experiences were more memorable. So I thought, over the next few months, I would select a few of my past postings to re-share with you, utilizing mostly my nostalgia day, Tuesday, for this purpose.  But I'll begin today with a grand summary. My first blog was published on 29April2008.  How long ago is that? Go back to your first day of kindergarten. Imagine how long it took to get you to become a senior in colleg...

JAPAN

Here is a  summary of the Republican debate  two months before Iowa votes.   Time  magazine  feels Nikki Haley won. Our entire five week journey will be spent only in Japan.  I really don't know much about the history of Japan, so learn with me: Human life in Japan began nearly  40,000 years ago  during the Stone Age.  Tools first came from Northern China about 34,000 years ago, then advancements were introduced from Siberia 20,000 years ago. The Jomon period began in 14,000 BC and continued to 300 BC. By the start of 300 BC, rice farming and the metallurgy of iron and bronze arose during the Yayoi period. The documented history goes back to 250 AD, the Kofu period, when Shintoism was introduced and the Imperial House began to rise.  A Torii Gate sits at the entrance of a Shinto temple.  If in the water, then adjacently on land. From 538 during the Asuka period, when there was a big leap in political, social and artistic aspect...