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danbloom

danbloom
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Danny Bloom is a global citizen who helped midwife, er, midhusband, Jim Laughter's new cli fi novel titled POLAR CITY RED, now for sale worldwide, google the title to find ordering info. In the distant future—some say the near future—North America, northern Asia and Europe will see millions of climate refugees from southern lands trekking northward, and the entire Lower 48 might be under threat from the devastating impacts of “climate chaos” —from rising sea levels to a scary scarcity of food, fuel and shelter. Polar City Red is set in an imagined Alaska in the year 2075. But it could just as well be Tokyo or Oslo or Berlin. Global warming is borderless, and so are our fears. “A thought experiment that might prod people out of their comfort zone on climate.” —New York Times “Planning a good retreat is always a good measure of generalship. The retreat will be toward the poles.” —New York Times “We cannot regard the future of the civilized world in the same way as we see our personal futures. The planet may have already passed the tipping point on global warming. Is it already too late? Are the well-intentioned preservation campaigns just feel-good window dressing?” —James Lovelock, CBE, FRS, author of Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (2000) “We’re seeing the collapse of the Arctic sea ice. This year (2011) alone, planet Earth lost an area of Arctic sea ice twice the size of British Columbia. The impact on the entire global climate system will be enormous—the Arctic sea ice is the canary in the coal mine, and the canary is almost dead.” —Dr. Michael Byers, Professor of Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia

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Salon.com
MAY 30, 2010 12:01AM

''Pokkuri'': Roger Ebert, the celebrated film critic ......

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Roger Ebert the celebrated and cerebral film critic in Chicago tweets on POKKURI: the Japanese term for "popping off" in one's sleep and dying a peaceful queit painless death. RE: ebertchicago: Danny Bloom on "Pokkuri," the Japanese word for popping off suddenly. There's even a Pokkuri goddess. http://j.mp/apcFFR
Danny Bloom
Danny Bloom
This tweet received 15,188 twitter mentions (110 replies and 88 retweets) from 15,188 distinct twitter users. In addition to ebertchicago followers, it has been read by 341,410 second-level followers (retweeters followers).
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Danny Bloom
TMTheFreak 25 May 27, 2010 Reply
@ebertchicago Thanks "pokkuri" link. Interesting read.
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Danny Bloom
litdreamer 21 3 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago Those crazy Japanese! What will they think of next?
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Danny Bloom
Danny Bloom
saffronroses 123 3 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago When pokkuri happens in the middle of the night, a spouse or family is/are often bereft of the chance to say goodbye.
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Danny Bloom
Danny Bloom
ClaudeSeymour 29 3 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago Jeez, I thought "Pokkuri" was about premature ejaculation, for a moment there.
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Danny Bloom
Lisa1LinenLady 1,674 2 days ago Reply
@ebertchicago I thought you were getting vulgar. The boomers will get to know it & pray 4 it w the future of health care
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Roger, re the pokkuri meme, no muss, no fuss, the term is catching on in the USA, but ever so slowly, glacially, but your recent tweet on the word is pushing it up the hill of acceptance and the comments to your tweet were good. See below. I plan to keep at this till I croak, and my days are numbered, I have beeen informed. A few notes:

- Pathological characteristics of Pokkuri Death Syndrome by S. Takeichi in 2008 , Related articles : ''K. Gotoh, A histological study on the conduction system of the so-called Pokkuri disease'' -(Sudden unexpected cardiac death, of unknown origin in Japan)

- TheFreak said: Thanks "pokkuri" link. Interesting read.

- litdreamer said: Those crazy Japanese! What will they think of next?

- saffronroses said: When pokkuri happens in the middle of the night, a spouse or family is/are often bereft of the chance to say goodbye.

- ClaudeSeymour said: Jeez, I thought "Pokkuri" was about premature ejaculation, for a moment there.

- and Lisa1LinenLady said: I thought you were getting vulgar. The boomers will get to know it & pray 4 it w the future of health care.

When the New York Times writes about pokkuri properly, we will know the word has arrived, but not until then. I wrote an oped a few years on pokkuri but they killed it.