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		<title>Lesson in transportation from Japan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We saw two areas where the Japanese save energy in their transportation systems. Electric trains. The first is their high speed and efficient rail system.   We toured one of their railroad maintenance   facilities where we learned how they have converted their train motors to AC induction motors that provide regenerative breaking.  This is the same [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=220&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Electricity in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our amazing month of exploring renewable energy (and many other fascinating experiences) in Japan has come to an end.  This entry recaps what we learned about their use of solar electricity and some of the challenges our two countries share in pursuing more of our energy from this resource. Our first exposure to solar photovoltaics [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=210&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Family of Architects</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I learned my homestay in Hanamaki would be with an architect, I was surprised to hear  1- my host mother is also an architect, 2-their first son is an architect, 3-their second son is a carpenter/builder, 4- their daughter graduated in architecture design is becoming an architect!  I thought &#8211; This is going to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=188&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Synopsis: Week 2.5</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The travelling GSE Colorado team from District 5450 has continued to absorb insights from the multitudinous of activities prepared by our hosts in northern Japan, District 2520. As was noted, we visited with officials from the Toyota affiliate, Kanto Auto Works in Kitakami City.  There are a number of initiatives that the company is employing that are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=195&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Idea for Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago we had a tour of a large Toyota Assembly plant. Watching how they put the cars together and watching the robot carts delivering parts was fascinating. However the focus of our visit was to see what they were doing to save energy and resources. They have a lot of ongoing programs like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=193&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Synopsis: Week 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GSE team&#8217;s first week in Japan has been tightly packed with site visits, information exchange, meeting with dignitaries and elected officials, and Rotary meetings. Upon arriving in Sendai City, Miagi Prefecture, Japan, our Colorado GSE team from District 5450 has been on the move, nonstop.  Our gracious and wonderful Japanese hosts from District 2520 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=155&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia and karaoke&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a title I expected to have for any of my blog posts while in Japan, but one of the greatest gifts of travel is that you often find yourself in unexpected situations.  We had our first homestay experience while in Morioka.  In the early evening of our first day there, the local [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=156&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toilets, Pachinko, and Food</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our short time here we have noticed three things to be pervasive: toilets with fancy features, pachinko, and a variety of good, albeit not necessarily Japanese, food. Toilets: The toilets here are very fancy; they have many bells and whistles that we do not encounter in the US. Most have buttons that make noise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=139&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faster than a speeding bullet train&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We began to get a glimpse today of the juxtaposition of the ancient with the high tech in Japan.  We traveled via shinkansen (bullet train) from Sendai to Morioka.  It felt like a hovercraft, nearly noiseless and amazingly smooth at 180 mph&#8230;definitely something straight out of The Jetsons.  Upon arriving in Morioka, we walked around the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=136&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A BIG welcome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  We were very surprised and happily greeted by the Japanese Rotarians at Sendai airport.  We noticed the Welcome banner immediately when we arrived in baggage claim.  We spent time introducing each other, taking photos, and chatting it up during the bus ride to our hotel.  It was a wonderful feeling! The flight from Tokyo [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sendai2010.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11407336&amp;post=128&amp;subd=sendai2010&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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