JAPANESE FOODS AND CIVILIZATION

JAPANESE FOODS AND TABLE MANNERS

Land of the rising sun, food, and best reflect its glorious civilization.

Prohibition on the use of meat during the Japanese demonstrated her intelligence and sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness put off creating a fifth taste.

There are the combination of the different cultures in the world, perhaps Western civilization, and also something which many civilizations have been destroyed and some are still exist. For example erased the ancient Maya and Egyptian civilizations and cultures are top listed. Jesse cultures who also maintained itself firmly as the Chinese, Japanese culture, and the Arab-Islamic civilization and Indian civilization etc.

Several phenomena are in advanced civilizations such as their lifestyle, language, culture and food etc. and due to which those are recognized in the world. Food and Manners of any civilization is considered the most important indicator. Japan also has a wonderful culture of eating better reflect its culture. The Japanese food and manners having a brief overview of the table, are offered here, it is hoped, everyone will like it.

Japanese food and table manners refers to his constituents, who deals with the preparation stages and their individual smokes way. Since Japan is an Eastern country in the middle of their meal using the broth is very traditional Japanese food such as rice which is called Miso soup. In addition, there are a few dishes that are presented in their specific vessels. Another interesting feature of Japanese foods that are sold in the weather derivatives. Other traditional Japanese foods in the diet of fish, vegetables, pickles, fish or lean meat broth cooked vegetables are in their top list. Fish is very common in the Japanese diet. It is usually is grilled broiled on the grill. However, it is eaten raw as it is called Sashimi or sushi. Seafood and vegetables deep fried foods or foods after the light is lighter quota.

Favorite foods of Japanese snacks in addition to rice vermicelli noodles are also known as region oden etc. Japanese foods made ​​from boiling broth foods are very popular. For example, products made ​​from fish broth made ​​from beef broth, such as sukiyaki and oden etc. if historically seen, the Japanese did not like to eat meat. But when Japan's modernization began in the 1860s, then began to flesh foods were also common. Thus, Japanese sweets wagashi, which is called the local Red lentil paste and its ingredients are prominent local rice wine. Moreover, sugar and other dry fruits are added. Japan's conventional doses, especially raw fish, sushi, are now world famous diet.  Japanese white rice while cooking through the steam main and secondary dishes with it, there are many clear broth with miso soup and pickles which is called isukemono in Japanese.

How are presented Japanese food?

Japan's main diet is rice and fish. In small rice bowls are introduced in each food with assigned false plates or bowl. Eating  the same food at home is a different way from Western-style food. Western table manners at the dinner table in the main dining big bowl put large pots or larger, and all guests eat small plates of food in the Japanese manner, while different colors and flavors of plates are present around the dinner table. The side dishes are different with different flavors of foods or is distributed through the leaves. That is why the tech take-out sushi, the sushi and fish and eggs, which is called tamagoyaki request or Blue backed fish and white meat fish is kept carefully separate. Akauz over rice to keep the different foods and old Japanese Covered at a decent Japanese take the teasing wink the eye. This is exactly the opposite of Chinese food, which food is assigned to keep on top of rice.

Table manners

Most Japanese restaurants and homes used Western-style dining table Traditional style low table and cushions, but the method is still very common. The spread sheet is like a mat on the floor and low tables are placed on top of it. Japanese Tatami mat is called and it is made ​​of straw. Since the skin become broken or dirty quickly. So the shoes are off to go on it forever. Tatamy low tables for eating is sitting on the floor with straight legs in the men, while women tend to turn certain way is to sit on one side of the legs having another side. If you dine in a Japanese restaurant, then the host session will guide you towards civilized way it will sit down after the prompts. With the host or the seat sits near the entrance.

A wisdom and beautiful culture

Nutrition in Japan's history is as old as it is about the same. If aurak should review past shows that the Japanese adopted the profession. They obtained the Nutritional Benefits from Mountains and oceans. They grow grain for the first time in jumun era. This period is ten thousand three hundred BC. Especially rice cultivation was started at the end of the period. This does not mean that this was the first Japanese food cooked but Long before the time when the Japanese were planting, they were also cooked them. They used water and fire steam for cooking. In Japanese food, rice is the most important thing among all food items.

Japanese food in Japan today visible in the development of innovation began after many years of commitment Kama blank. In Japan, the traditional food culture became gradually, as is the tradition of drinking tea, Japanese food than never finalized in the seventeenth and the nineteenth century era reached its structural completion. Japanese the past two hundred years, until the current era of edible plants such as sweet dishes mirin wine, vinegar, soy sauce began to use now. Such types of Japanese foods have increased dramatically. The first was a tradition to eat at home but eating out has become a common practice. Eating out nodal region, temper fried eat sushi and have been very popular Limited.

Fish is an important part of the Japanese diet. Assessing the Japanese delicacy can be judged from their fish consumption. How do they clean the fish or harvested it and how it will be used in the exercise further enjoy the taste. The use of different spices and herbs to flavor their stores are. To decorate the dining table, some flowers and plants are needed because the Japanese also a natural expression of the decor.

TIT-FOR-TAT IS NOT ENOUGH

TIT-FOR-TAT IS NOT A STRATEGY

The government of Pakistan is being described as having run out of patience with the continuing terrorist attacks even as the Taliban is engaged in talks with the government. What is said to have tipped matters over the edge is the killing of 23 FC Pakistani soldiers who had been held by the Taliban since 2010. They were mercilessly butchered and their bodies thrown on a roadside, according to the video released by their murderers. Earlier an attack on a police bus that killed 13 policemen in Karachi had started the process of a rethink on the government of Pakistan’s part. The response to the FC men’s butchery saw the government hand its committee refusing to continue the dialogue unless and until the Taliban stops all terrorist activities, a ceasefire meanwhile the aerial bombardment of training camps and other bases in North Waziristan and Khyber Agencies has yielded a crop of foreign fighters mostly Uzbeks killed arms and ammunition dumps and a bomb-making factory in Khyber destroyed by Pakistani jets. The armed forces emphasized that these were precision strikes to keep collateral damage down and have proved effective enough along with the government’s firmer stance. In persuading the Taliban and their apologists to now plead for a resumption and continuation of the dialogue. Tactically at the moment then the initiative lies with the government and the military and the ball is in the Taliban’s court to provide an acceptable response or the talks are off. The only caveat with that government’s newfound spine is that it remains tactical not strategic. Talk of a befitting response, teaching lessons and demanding those interested in a dialogue isolate themselves from the recalcitrant’s and abandon violence smack more of a tit-for-tat approach rather than any well thought through strategic posture. In such a scenario the strategic initiative still retaliation even with overwhelming force as in the North Waziristan and Khyber bombardments will remain limited in its effect.

Arguably what the government of Pakistan is insisting on now after the bloody events following the start of the talk. A ceasefire should have been the first and irreducible demand for even starting the talks. Surprisingly the government has protested to and asked for the help of the Afghanistan government in the tracing out and punishing the killers of the 23 FC men since there are unconfirmed reports, according to the foreign office, that the incident took place on afghan soil.

The government and the military authorities need to understand that what we are facing is a protracted war in which not one but a series of military operations will be required over years to combat an enemy that is organized in small groups is elusive in that terrain and prepared to fight until it is convinced of the fruitlessness of its cause. This will require strong political will and a strategic not tactical or retaliatory approach to the terrorists activities.

The Supreme Court’s ire against the attempted Talibanisation of the tribal areas is spot on. The time has arrived to take stern action against these rogues. However there is a need to bring about a holistic chance in the general behavior towards the minorities and people from other faiths in Pakistan. The discord between the Sunni-Muslim Pakistanis and their counterparts from non-Muslims and communities of other faiths and denominations should be resolved by revealing the divine design that rests on diversity and tolerance for it.

PAKISTAN NEEDS BOOKS NOT GUNS

PAKISTAN NEEDS BOOKS NOT GUNS

Terror attacks continue in Pakistan despite a dialogue process that started last month ago between PM Pakistani’s government and Taliban. While the Taliban is the largest militant outfit, there are at least 50 other groups suspected of carrying out terrorist operations in Pakistan. Should talks with the Taliban break down, leaders will likely be left with no choice other than launching a significant military operation in the insurgency hit tribal areas many of these factions call home. The negotiation process was severely damaged earlier week after a Pakistan Taliban faction admitted that on Sunday it had executed 23 soldiers who had been held in the tribal regions since 2010.

Pm of Pakistan strongly condemned the killings and warned that such incidents were having a negative impact on peace talks. According the announcement of PM of Pakistan these talks were a last chance, and the Pakistan army is indeed poised to launch a full scale operation against militant sanctuaries in North Waziristan if given a green signal by the government of Pakistan. While a military operation against extremists could form part of a counterterrorism strategy, it will not counter the rise of extremism. To do this the government of Pakistan needs a new strategy that emphasizes education and development in the tribal areas.

Sympathy for the extremists is permeating mainstream society. Mehsud, who was responsible for slaughtering thousands of Pakistani citizens, has been hailed as a hero and a martyr by some leading Islamist political parties. It seems all that the drone strikes that killed him achieved was a further radicalization of the religious groups and rightist parties in Pakistan. Drone hit tribal areas that were once merely a sanctuary for the militants have become rich recruiting groups.

The extremists sees glory in suicide bombings and attacks on girls schools and polio vaccination workers. This mindset has been nurtured rather than damaged by the campaign of US drone strikes. This mindset guarantees a heavenly reward for killing innocent people.

The best way to combat extremism is to educate people in the least-developed areas. Enlightened religious scholars should come forward to show people Islam’s true face as a religion of  peace and tolerance. The government of Pakistan could invest in tribal areas to improve socio-economic conditions there and create job opportunities. The region needs a Marshall plan from international donors that emphasizes fast track development of the region not drones that spread violence and hatred. 

Malala Urge to Educate Syria Children

Malala urges support to educate Syria refugee children

Malala Yousafzai who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, urged the world on Wednesday to help Syrian refugee children receive proper education.

There are still so many girls and children who cannot go to school, Malala said as she visited a school in northern Jordan’s refugee camp.

I think the whole community outside, the international community, should help these children, she said in a vide posted on the United nations refugee agency of UNHCR.

Someone wants to become a doctor, someone wants to become an engineer and someone wants to become a journalist etc.

Malala’s visit was very important to me because she is a girl who faced a lot of difficulties at any early age in her society. So she is interested in education because education is the most important thing, said 16 years old Maisun a Syrian girl who accompanied Malala on her visit.

Malala who is now 16 years old and was nominated for the last for Nobel Peace prize, talked to a Syrian school children and attended classes.

Having Malala here is really key to highlight. That we need to offer as many opportunities as we can for children to access formal schools, to access informal education and get the psychological support that they need now before they become adults.

According to the United Nations 80 schools in Jordan hold classes for Syrians in the afternoon, leaving 25 percent of the nearly 140000 Syrian school aged children across the kingdom not in classes.

In this regards, the Malala Fund is already teaming up with Save the Children to build a new school and expand an existing one for the refugees in Jordan, home to more than 500000 Syrians who have fled the war in their country.

Malala who now lives in Britain following extensive medical treatment, was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 over her outspoken views on education for girls in her home region of northwest Pakistan.  

Talks and Ceasefire

Talks and ceasefire

It is not just talking to the enemy that makes these negotiations controversial. It is about to talking to those who consider themselves  more powerful than the state and its security apparatus built to secure the nation against such aggressors. We have been talking but we have been killed right, left and centre. It is as if nothing is working. It is just the Taliban holding sway over the country. The government of Pakistan on the other hand, deferential as usual following every attack, announces a temporary suspension of talks unless the Taliban stop their attack.  But hardly a day passes by without registering an attack. With the latest terrorist episode wherein 23 FC soldiers were heinously beheaded and allowed to rot on the roadside talks have been silenced, and not just for a while but until the Taliban give up killing. The Mullah community sitting on the fence is certainly hopeful about the resumption of talks and have asked the government to develop a keener understanding of the mensal state of the Taliban. The Taliban claim the soldiers have been killing in retaliation. The Taliban blames the security forces for killing their people in custody. Prior to this the killing of police officers in Karachi was also claimed by the Taliban to have been carried out to avenge the killing of women, children and others from the Taliban by the security forces in the war – torn areas, especially Peshawar and FATA . every attack if owned by the Taliban is now attributed to a reaction to an action of the government that had rubbed the Taliban the wrong way. So far the pattern of attacks has been consistent however the pattern of taking responsibility for the attacks has not. Operating in the country now every time a new Taliban group is claimed to be messing with the state. It is another story if the government in its attempt to get false relief thinks that those talking to it are not directly involved. This is the old mythology once again of bad Taliban. Following the gruesome killing of the FC soldiers the government of Pakistan  apparently wearing a stern face has said to the Taliban to either follow the ceasefire option or forget about the talks. The Taliban have made  innumerable promises to stop the war, especially when the talks are in progress. every promise has been broken unabashedly. The Taliban’s tactics are obvious and speak for themselves. If only the government were to open its eyes and see the glaringly obvious truth. They have used the talks as camouflage before as well to regroup and regain strength. The time buying formula had been used ever since with the Afghanistan cauldron coming to a new pass, and their brethren set to get an imminent position of strength there.

At last the government of Pakistan has failed to read the pulse of the times accurately. No one suggests that talks should be forsaken completely. Negotiations have always been used simultaneously with fighting to eventually seal peace deals. The prerequisite for such an outcome through is the intelligent use of force, wherever and whenever required.

One hopes the meeting between the PM and the army chief of Pakistan has taken full measure of the situation especially when the other side is so determined not to hold back.

Seasonal Flu

 Signs of a seasonal flu

Most of us flue is nothing more serious than a few days on the sofa with the latest box – set. But it is also a killer, carrying off thousands of mostly elderly people every year. And among younger people, especially children, it can cause high fever, requiring hospitalization and lead to latter complications such as ear infections. While most healthy people can see it off with a hot drink and a dose of paracetamol, it is not a virus to be trifled with.

There is also its apparently endless capacity for mutation to consider. The swine flu pandemic though less severe than expected, nonetheless claimed more than 1000 lives in the winters of 2010 and among them pregnant women. Now a new lethal strain with a high death rate has emerged in China causing widespread alarm. So far all recorded cases including 65 deaths – have been linked with exposure to poultry and there is no evidence of sustained human – to human transmission, which could trigger a new global pandemic. But the threat is real and the need for vigilance constant. So too is the need for a flu vaccine that provides effective long term protection for all age groups against all strains of the virus still a distant dream.

As things currently stand flue vaccines have to be reformulated every year on the basis of an educated guess by scientists who attempt to match it with the strains of the virus likely to be circulating that season. And because the virus mutates rapidly scientists don’t always get it right. The vaccine made for the winter of 2011-12 was a particularly poor match researchers estimated it shortened the illness by half a day but did not reduce the number of people hospitalized. Even in a good year, the vaccine provides limited protection, perhaps around 60 percent in healthy adults and half that in over 65.

In England plans are under way to extend the annual flue vaccination from over 65 pregnant women and the chronically sick to all school age children who are through to be the main spreaders of the virus. If successful that is likely to reduce the impact of the winder flue still further. That should be a cause for celebration. But the threat from a mutated strain causing a global pandemic will remain.

While the demise of seasonal flue can only be welcome we should not forget the power of this simple virus of wreak havoc on a global scale and we can only urge the vaccine industry to redouble its efforts in the search for a more reliable defence against it.

Military Operation Against Taliban

PAKISTAN MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST TALIBAN

In a clear sign of losing patience, the government of Pakistan has said that now it has authorized the army to give a befitting reply in their defence to the terrorist- though it stopped short of formally announcing an operation against Taliban following peace talks launched by PM of Pakistan because of killing of 30 FC soldiers kidnapped and killed by Taliban.

The first attempt to negotiate peace was sabotaged by the US with a drone attack, and added that government launched the second bid for resolution of the issue and made contacts with the other side through a dialogue committee. Though Taliban agreed for talks but the terrorist attacks continued unabated. Despite empowering the security forces to retaliate to any terrorist acts with full  might the government of Pakistan has kept the doors for talks open. Our doors are open for those who believe in peace and dialogue and want to shun the path of violence.

On the other hand the Taliban groups who are willing for dialogue should isolate themselves from those involved in terrorist activities and violence but the government of Pakistan was willing to talk to those who surrender themselves and accept write of the government.

We cannot take away the right of self defence from our security forces. They will not hesitate to take action in self-defence if they come under attack; it also directed the security forces to give a befitting reply in their defence to the terrorist. They will be paid back in their own coin. Our forces have every right to defend themselves and respond to terrorists with full might.

As a result, after getting permission from PM of Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bombed suspected terrorists hideouts in the tribal belts on the afghan border on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, according to the officials. Pakistan security forces first raid confirmed by security officials came early Thursday when jets bombed several locations including a compound in the town of Mir Ali and surrounding parts of North Wazirstan. There are confirmed reports of 20 terrorists including foreigners killed in these airstrikes by military operation. A huge cache of arms and ammunition has also been destroyed. The strikes were in retaliation for recent Taliban attacks.