Blood Type Definitions

I found this web site about peoples blood type and it was so funny. I'm type O and I do drive the way it is illustrated for type O people. Link here.

The Hermit Kingdom Declares War On America

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SEOUL, South Korea –  North Korea is warning that the release of a new American comedy about a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un would be an "act of war."

If the U.S. government doesn't block the movie's release, it will face "stern" and "merciless" retaliation, an unidentified spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in state media Wednesday.

He didn't mention the movie by name but was clearly referring to "The Interview," which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as a producer and talk-show host who land an exclusive interview with the North Korean dictator and are then asked by the CIA to assassinate him.

The "reckless U.S. provocative insanity" of mobilizing a "gangster filmmaker" to challenge the North's leadership is triggering "agust of hatred and rage" among North Korean people and soldiers, the spokesman said, in typically heated propaganda language.

The film's release would be considered an "act of war that we will never tolerate," he said.

With no independent press of its own, North Korea often holds foreign governments responsible for the content of their media. Pyongyang regularly warns Seoul to prevent its conservative press from mocking or criticizing its leadership, something banned within authoritarian North Korea, where the Kim family is revered.

Trailers have been released for the movie, which is set to hit U.S. theaters in October.

The current leader's late father, Kim Jong Il, was a noted movie buff, lauded in the North for writing a treatise on film. He also ordered the kidnapping of prolific South Korean director and producer Shin Sang-ok in 1978, who then spent years making movies for Kim before escaping, Shin said.

Seth Rogen and James Franco have faced murderous drug dealers and demons from Hell. But are they prepared to venture into the most dangerous place on Earth to take out an oppressive dictator?

Of course not. But that's the set-up of their new comedy, The Interview. Franco plays an entertainment journalist, while Rogen stars as his producer. The two are sent to North Korea to interview their show’s biggest fan: Kim Jong-un, the country's mysterious supreme leader. But on their way to the big get, the CIA recruits them to assassinate the despot.

                          

Rogen, who co-directed the film with his longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg (This Is the End), told Yahoo Movies that the idea sprang from a legitimate premise: "People have the hypothetical discussion about how journalists have access to the world’s most dangerous people, and they hypothetically would be in a good situation to assassinate them," he said.

Rogen explained that the original script had been about meeting North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il, but when the dictator died in 2011, they reworked it to focus on his son and successor. The switch to Kim Jong-un, Rogen said, "actually worked much better, because he's closer to our age, and it made it easier to forge a relationship between his character and our characters."

From North Korea With Love: Seth Rogen and James Franco Star in First Trailer for 'The Interview'

According to Rogen, the film's studio, Columbia Pictures, was initially reluctant to build a film around a real and extremely unpleasant person, but he and Goldberg took the pushback as inspiration. "It was kind of similar to This Is the End, where they didn't want us playing ourselves," he said. "Now we can tell them, 'The thing that you guys are the most afraid of is always the thing that people like the most about the movie.' At this point, it almost is discomforting if there's nothing about the movie that they're desperately trying to get us to change."

While the movie plays the situation for laughs, Rogen revealed that they took their research into North Korea very seriously. "We read as much as we could that was available on the subject. We talked to the guys from Vice who actually went to North Korea and met Kim Jong-un. We talked to people in the government whose job it is to associate with North Korea, or be experts on it."

Rogen and Goldberg also asked authorities on North Korea to read the screenplay for authenticity, because Rogen felt the truth is "so crazy you don’t need to make anything up." (Apparently the joke in the trailer about Kim Jong-un not needing to urinate or defecate is based on an actual claim.) "It's an unlimited supply of craziness," Rogen concluded.

Akihiro Suzuki apologies to Ayaka Shiomura

Power Rangers Dino Charge vs Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

Saban Brands will soon water down another Super Sentai show, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, into Power Rangers Dino Charge. Here is the reported story line about the “new”  Power Ranger show.

In Dino Charge, the Energems were given to a dozen dinosaurs for safe keeping by an alien, but they were lost when asteroids hit the Earth and wiped out the dinos. Now in the present day, an intergalactic bounty hunter starts sniffing around Earth looking for the Energems in order to harness their power and annihilate the world, so a team of Power Rangers forms to find the Energems first and fight the bounty hunter and other threats with dino-powered swords, blasters, Zords and Megazords.

In the United States, which was founded on the freedom of religion, the story line from the Japanese show would never be allowed on American TV. Too religious. And from a country where Christianity is less than 1% no less has created a TV show that clearly explains the Christian belief in its basic forms.

The original story line for Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger is as follows.

Long ago, in the time of the dinosaurs, the Earth was invaded by an alien menace called Deboth, the leader of an invasion army. On the verge of extinction, some of the dinosaurs are transformed into Zyudenryu and seal Deboth and his forces in ice.

Now, in the modern world, the Deboth Army have thawed and now intend to commence the mass extinction of humanity while thawing their still frozen leader. But having prepared for it, Wise God Torin gathers the only people capable of helping the Zyudenryu stop the Deboth Army: "the People of the Great and Mighty Lizards", which has been shortened to "Kyoryugers"

But within the storyline there are spirits, resurrection, forgiveness, inheritance, redemption and the end of Hell as we know it. I will break many of this down as I have seen these things within the show.

Wise God Torin was originally created for evil and sent to destroy the Earth and all life on it. But he fell in love with Earth and the dinosaurs. He used all of his powers to change 24 dinosaurs into Zyudenyu. The Deboth Army was defeated and frozen away underwater.  He then spent many years overcoming all those he had killed and the Zyudenyu who died for him. He created and trained many Kyoryugers over the years to stop fragments of the Deboth Army invading Earth.

Just as Jesus went to the cross to establish spiritual salvation, Torin went with the same mission to cleanse the spirit world of evil. His spirit was pure and bright. Not dark and evil as when he first came to Earth. In John 16: 12-15 when Jesus spoke of someone coming after him to spread the truth can also be seen between Torin and Dantetsu Kiryu.

Dantetsu Kiryu walked the Earth his whole life. He was able to listen and communicate with the earth. Eventually becoming King of Earth. His son, Daigo Kiryu  - Kyoryu Red followed in his footsteps but rarely saw his father over the years. But Only when Dantetsu assumed the role that Torin held did everyone know the full story. And why Torin had to die in order to save everyone. Eventually Daigo Kiryu obtained the same level as his father and becomes the second generation King of the Earth.

Utsusemimaru and Raging Knight Dogold are the perfect examples of Matthew 5:43-48. Two people who truly hated each other to eventually come to care and respect each other to their deaths. Dogold is an empty shell type monster. Four hundred years ago he trapped Utsusemimaru within his armor. They both fused in mind and body till eventually they were separated. Still hating one another. As they knew everything about each other, they always took verbal swipes at each other. But they each went to the others defense when they were struggling or in great turmoil. Eventually fighting together to stop the Deboth Army.

Joyful Knight Candelilla is a Deboth villain. Stealing joy and love from people. But when she encountered Nobuharu Udo - Kyoryu Blue she began to change as both of them fell in love with one another. He would remind her that she could change just as Torin did. He even protected her when she was hunted down by the Deboth Army. Because of Nobuhara unchanging love for her, she was able to change her ways, eventually joining Torin in destroying Hell and becoming a mentor for the Kyoryugers.

Sorrowful Knight Aigaron causes people to feel sorrow. He caused a lot of problems for the Kyoryugers only to show unconditional love towards Candelila. So much so that when the leader of the Deboth Army was revived Aigaron sacrificed his life so Candelila could escape. Even Ian Yorkland -Kyoryu Black was moved to tears by his sacrifice and forgave Aigaron. Aigaron was responsible for killing Ian’s friend years earlier as Ian’s sorrow and anger kept feeding Aigaron.

In terms of inheritance the show gave three examples of it. Two of the Kyoryugers are spirits as they had died years ago. Tessai – Kyoryu Gray gives his descendant, Shinya Tsukouchi the ability to become a Kyoryuger. This can be called Ancestral lineage inheritance.

Doctor Ulshade – Kyoryu Violet had been raising his granddaughter, Yayoi Ulshade who eventually took over as Kyoryu Violet. Their relationship was much like Abraham and Isaac. She held unconditional love for her grandfather that their scientific work and fighting style were as one in the same. Not like an obedient child but more like in Matthew 5:48 (the correct translation; You therefore must be mature, as your heavenly Father is mature.) She was treated as an adult by the way she maturely acted, even though she was still a teenager.  This is Parental lineage inheritance.

Yuko Fukui is the younger sister of Kyoryu Blue. She is chosen to replace Ramirez – Kyoryu Cyan as Ramirez had to go with Tessai and Torin to destroy Hell. She inherited the position for many reasons. But mainly for protecting Ramirez when he was attacked and hunted down by the Deboth Army. Just like the story of the Good Samaritan, she took him into her home and protected him. Even protecting her older brother’s secret that he was a Kroyuger from her.  She inherited the role as Kyoru Cyan much in the way that Christianity inherited the role as the second Israel.

Unlike Power Rangers, the Super Sentai shows express real life situations. People do die. The bad guys do win from time to time. And making the ultimate sacrifice does happen. Christians are famously known for sacrificing themselves for their religion and faith. And throughout the series many of the Kyoryugers were sacrifice for their faith as well. Ramirez died fighting the Deboth Army five hundred years ago. Kyoryu Red faced the leader of the Deboth Army knowing he was not going to make it out alive. When he killed Transcendenterfly God Deboth and the ship was burning above the Earth; he simply sat down and waited to die. Utsusemimaru even fought to his death when he and Dogold defeated Resentful Knight Endolf.  

Saban Brands had no choice but to drown the main storyline of the Kyoryugers. Atheist would protest the show as being too religious. Christian groups would protest the show as an attack on their religion. The Network sponsors would pull their ads out of fear of offending anybody and losing money and profits. A kids TV show that stood out with a great story line and with a very Christian theme from a country where Christianity is as common as the blue moon. 

Ayaka Shiomura vs Japanese Political Standards

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Japan is up in arms about insensitive and sexist remarks made by male members of The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (the equivalent of a U.S. State Government Assembly) toward a female representative during her presentation earlier this week. She was speaking on issues of raising children in Japan.

Ayaka Shiomura, a 36-year-old member of the opposition Your Party, called for the Tokyo metropolitan government to support women who need assistance while pregnant or raising children during a June 18 assembly session. She also suggested that the government should help Japanese women who have fertility issues to conceive children.

Japan is wrestling with a declining birth rate and growing elderly population. It has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.

While she was speaking, men in the section for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) began jeering at her with lines like: “Hey you, should hurry up and get married!” and “Can’t you have babies?”

Shiomura continued to speak even though she had to choke back tears at one point. After the session, Minoru Morozumi, the secretary-general of Your Party’s assembly members, lodged a protest with his LDP counterpart, Osamu Yoshiwara.

Osamu Yoshiwara told the press that he wasn’t in a position to confirm whether or not it was a member of his party who yelled out the comments, but he asked assembly members to behave in a “in a dignified manner.”

While she was speaking, men in the section for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) began jeering at her with lines like: “Hey you, should hurry up and get married!”

It should be noted that this isn’t the first time the leaders of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have made sexist and inappropriate remarks; it’s almost a tradition. LDP backed Shintaro Ishihara, who was governor of Tokyo from April 1999 to October 2012, remarked circa 2001, “It’s a waste and a crime for women who have lost their reproductive powers to go on living.” (PDF) The current governor of Tokyo, Yoichi Masuzoe, also backed by the LDP, has said in the past such classics as “Women are not normal when they are on their period. They are abnormal. You can’t possibly let them make critical decisions about the country [during their periods], such as whether or not to go to war.” He also has commented that women elected to office were “all a bunch of old middle-aged hags.”

The incident might have passed quietly but what began as a protest about inappropriate behavior by Tokyo Assembly members quickly grew into a roaring wave of resentment and anger from women all over Japan—and some men as well.

A online petition, which calls for punishment of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly  members who hurled those sexist comments, gathered more than 32, 000 signatures throughout Japan in under 24 hours.  The petition was posted on Change.org, a website which provides a platform for citizens to gather signatures and support for popular causes. The number of signatures is expected to exceed in 60,000 in the next day.

The jeers were also disturbing in that they seemed to echo the sentiments of the 10 Precepts for Marriage issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 1939 during the period of military rule in Japan. The guidelines concluded with the infamous line:  For the sake of the country, give birth and grow the population.

The petition is the fastest-growing campaign ever placed on Change.org Japan, according to Emmy Suzuki Harris, Campaigns Director for Japan at Change.org.

Surprisingly the creator of the petition is a man. He corresponded with The Daily Beast on conditions of anonymity. He feels that the signatures are not enough.

“We should know why something that the citizens cannot really forgive happened. However, to see people in other regions showing the same anger at what happened touched and reassured me.”

“I’m deeply angry not only as an individual, but as a male. Because pressure and discrimination against women reflects badly on men as well.”

“These sort of taunts fly around and there are assembly members who laugh in an assembly where members who say ‘we’ll promote the social advancement of women!’ or ‘we’ll work firmly toward providing child care support!’ gather,” Shun Otokita, a colleague of Shimomura’s wrote on his blog. “This is the reality of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in the capital of our country.”

The Mainichi Shimbun reported that Yoshiwara said that he hadn’t heard the comments and suggested, “Perhaps each assembly faction makes sure its members don’t make rude comments.” The Daily Beast called the LDP faction for comments on the incident, but our reporter was disconnected twice and then told to call the public affairs office of the General Assembly.

Shiomura wrote on Twitter “ I was debating about pregnancy, giving birth, and infertility when the jeering began….As a woman there were very regrettable things said. The heartless taunts made me teary-eyed. I will take taunts about my policies, but I don’t think these are things you should say to women who are suffering (over child raising issues).”

Japan is  very far behind the rest of the developed world in terms of gender equality. Japan was ranked 105th last year in the 2013 Global Gender Gap Report, which  ranks women’s equality in 136 countries. Under the Shinzo Abe (LDP) administration, Japan’s ranking in press freedom has also fallen to new lows.

Shiomura is reportedly going to seek punishment for the person who yelled the comments at her. Judging by the huge numbers of people signing the petition and that her protest tweet has now been retweeted nearly 30,000 times—-she may have a lot of support.

On Friday, the organizers of the petition when to the assembly's council secretariat bearing a box filled with 42,580 signatures and 6,390 comments from supporters. The group demanded that the LDP punish the person responsible for the remarks by June 25. If this is not done, "The Tokyo branch of the LDP would be widely recognized at home and abroad as a group that accepts discrimination against women," wrote the petition's organizer on the Change.org webpage.

Prime Minister Abe, the most powerful person in the LDP, who has made anemic but sincere proclamations to promote gender equality may find himself in a position where he has to support an opposition party member and slap down his own rank and file.*