#88: 1 September 09
FROM THE EDITOR
Ailsa Wylie, English Editor
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Hello DEvas!
First, I’d like to welcome a new member, Angelica Lim, to the English side of this newsletter team. She has already helped out with proofreading this issue!
Summer vacation is over and the trains are getting crowded again. I hope you enjoyed a break, and if (like me) you couldn’t take one, I hope you enjoyed the weekends! In Tokyo this summer was a little less hot (I can hardly say “cooler”) than usual, although the rainy season seemed to
drag on into August. It seems that northern Japan is officially going from the rainy season straight into autumn! http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090811b1.html
Many people in Japan thought that, like the rainy season, the LDP had outlasted its welcome. In the 10 years I’ve been here this country has been through more changes (and I don’t just mean Prime Ministers or Harajuku fashions) than I could have imagined possible anywhere. It seems that this was the moment it was all leading to, and the Japanese
people were finally ready to take a step into the unknown and get rid of a government that (among other things) had not been able to keep up with the changes the “ordinary” people have been through.
Although I couldn’t vote, I am naturally curious to see what’s going to happen next!
ROTA LEADER’S REPORT
Waki Kawamoto, Rota Leader for September and October
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I hope you all enjoyed the great summer. Time flies – it is already September. We have 4 more months left in this year! What were your New Year resolutions?! Well, we hope you will have a great next four months. DigitalEve Japan is planning some events before next year. We look forward to seeing many of you there!
MEMBERSHIP TEAM NEWS
Misao Kajiro, Membership Coordinator
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Total membership was 350 as of the 28th of August
Welcome Vandana, who is a software engineer, and Angelica, who is a Research Student at Kyoto University, to DEJ!
Angelica already joined newsletter team and she is the interviewee in this issue. Thanks Angelica for your quick action.
EVENT TEAM NEWS
Waki Kawamoto, Event Coordinator
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***The following event is not a DEJ events but might be of interest to our members.***
(We received this message from DEJ member Martha.)
I want to tell you about a South-American musical instrument called a “charango”. Instrument of ten strings, gengakki, it looks like a guitar but it is smaller.
There will be a “charango” concert with a famous musician who is coming from Bolivia. His name is Ernesto Cavour, he has been giving concerts in the America and Europe for the last 15 years….. come and enjoy his music.
Date: September 19, Saturday
Time: 12:30 to 16:30 (It includes the “charango” competition from 12:30. His concert starts from 14:30)
Place: Kamelia Hall, 2 mins from Kameido station on the Sobu line. 20 minutes from Shinjuku.
Price: advanced ticket 3500 yen. 4000 yen (on the day)
http://cclaj.com/site/index.php?id=53
If you want to hear his music in the Charango Festival in Paris UNESCO 2009, please click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W_iUS449po&feature=related
WEB TEAM NEWS
Cathy Cox, Web Content Coordinator
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[About the Merger Announcement from our Web Hosting company]
We received this announcement. This merger will have no effect on our services.
“Fusion Network Services Corporation, providing Internet services under the Fusion GOL brand, will merge with Fusion Communications Corporation, which owns 100% shares of Fusion Network Services Corporation.
The merger is effective as of September 1st, 2009, and the company’s name will be changed to Fusion Communications Corporation. All services currently offered by Fusion Network Services Corporation will continue to be provided by Fusion Communications Corporation. This merger will have no effect on our customers or services. No changes are needed by our customers.”
Please see the link below for more detailed information:
http://www.gol.com/en/biz/maintenance/topics0b_20090629.html
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