{"id":23497,"date":"2012-02-09T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=23497"},"modified":"2012-02-08T22:26:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T02:26:42","slug":"jet-news-roundup-2-9-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/09\/jet-news-roundup-2-9-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"JET News Roundup 2.9.2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmoreha.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Filmore Ha<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibarakiguide.jp\/en\/\">Ibaraki-ken<\/a>, 2006-08). \u00a0<\/strong>Filmore continues to live and work in the Greater Tokyo Area as an FAE and is also webmaster for\u00a0<a title=\"JETAA Tokyo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaa-tokyo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Tokyo<\/a>.\u00a0 He is actively seeking new opportunities in the U.S. or Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Back today with another roundup of JET related news after a brief\u00a0hiatus. \u00a0This roundup will include items from last month as well so bear with me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Japan Times Patrick Gannon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/text\/fl20120110ww.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paper artist Gannon cut his own niche<\/a><br \/>\nOn Jan. 10th the Japan Times posted an article about paper artist Patrick Gannon who&#8217;s interest in Japan began when he visited his brother JET alum Jim Gannon who was a JET in Ehime at the time. \u00a0This is an awesome example of connections that JETs help create.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Forward.com Yiddish-to-Japanese Dictionary\" href=\"http:\/\/forward.com\/articles\/149439\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yiddish to Japanese Dictionary<\/a><br \/>\nNot exactly JET related, however there are many translators in the JET alumni community who could benefit from this great resource.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NTY Mourning in the age of Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/15\/fashion\/mourning-in-the-age-of-facebook.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">NYT Mourning in the age of Facebook<\/a><br \/>\nOn Jan. 13th the New York Times posted an article written by JET alum <a title=\"brucefeiler.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brucefeiler.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Feiler<\/a> (Tottori-ken, 1989-90) where he discusses grieving in a progressively secular world.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Japan Foundation Sydney Panel Discussion Disaster Recovery and Human Connections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpf.org.au\/jpfevents\/12-paneldiscussion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Panel Discussion Disaster Recovery and Human Connections<\/a><br \/>\nFrom the Sydney JETAA Facebook Group, the Japan Foundation Sydney will be hosting a panel discussion about disaster recovery in Melborne and Sydney on Thursday Feb. 23, 2012 and Friday Feb. 24, 2012 respectively.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"JETAA Singapore About\" href=\"http:\/\/jetaasg.wordpress.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Singapore<\/a><br \/>\nIf you live in or are planning to move to Singapore, check out their chapter of JETAA. \u00a0Their latest event is their upcoming Oshaberi Cafe to be held on Feb. 12, 2012. \u00a0The deadline was Feb. 6, but maybe they&#8217;ll make an exception if you&#8217;re really nice!<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reuters Fear for Jobs English Crisis Japan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/09\/22\/us-japan-english-idUSTRE78L1AR20110922\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters English crisis in Japan<\/a><br \/>\nPosted to Facebook by JET alum Byron Nagy. \u00a0The article discusses the relationship between English language skill and jobs in Japan. \u00a0Byron is a JETAA Tokyo co-founder and currently serves as it&#8217;s Community Committee Rep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Filmore Ha\u00a0(Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08). \u00a0Filmore continues to live and work in the Greater Tokyo Area as an FAE and is also webmaster for\u00a0JETAA Tokyo.\u00a0 He is actively seeking new opportunities in the U.S. or Canada. 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