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		<title>Life After the B.O.E. 9/1/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What's in a name, anyway?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/09/life-after-the-b-o-e-9110/</link>
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		<title>Feature Photo 9/1/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sunset and a silhouette.]]></description>
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		<title>Shrine in the Mind: Tokyo Isolation Tank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Isolation tanks were invented by John Lilly, an American scientist who experimented heavily in the 1960s with altered states of mind. What he came up with in his quest to isolate the mind from the body, is a light-proof, sound-proof tank with about eight inches of water made super-buoyant by magnesium salt. Both the water and the air inside the tank are kept at around 93 degrees Fahrenheit (the same temperature as your skin) and you float in this empty, weightless, silent darkness, alone with only your mind and the thought "How long is an hour, really?"]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/08/shrine-in-the-mind-tokyo-isolation-tank/</link>
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		<title>Cut Costs, Not The JET Programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an article written by Matt Nelson in response to Steven Horowitz's article "JET Programme on the chopping block?" Here, Matt gives ten suggestions on cutting costs and increasing efficiency in the Japanese school system]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/08/cut-costs-not-the-jet-programme/</link>
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		<title>Language Learning Tool Reviews: Read Real Japanese Essays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having come to Japan with the admittedly vague goal of one day being able to read Japanese literature, I still find it difficult to find relevant-seeming texts written at or near my Japanese ability level. Adding to that the often daunting chore of looking up all the unfamiliar kanji and vocabulary in the dictionary as I read, more often than not, I find that I am talking myself out of practicing reading the few interesting Japanese texts that I do find. One remedy I have found is reading online with the aid of Rikaichan (previously reviewed). But for longer trips away from the computer, or when I would just prefer not to stare at a monitor, one solution I’ve found is Kodansha’s Read Real Japanese Essays collection.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/08/language-learning-tool-reviews-read-real-japanese-essays/</link>
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		<title>Feature Photo 8/07/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's possible to be in two places at once.]]></description>
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		<title>Language Learning Tool Reviews: Flashcards &#8211; That Ubiquitous Mid-Tech Stepping Stone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flashcards are a fantastic device, particularly for those students who find themselves in the tactile/kinesthetic spectrum of learning styles. And the basic structure of flashcards—decks and stacks of linked information— is not only useful for learning, it is also a very efficient, mid-tech model of data organization, which finds expression in much more complex systems like the Internet]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/08/language-learning-tool-reviews-flashcards-that-ubiquitous-mid-tech-stepping-stone/</link>
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		<title>Wide Island View Seeks Editors!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wide Island View is very excited to expand our staff this year and get more people involved in producing one of the best JET resources in Japan!
Editors will be responsible for editing articles for their section of the webzine, and also for creating story ideas for their respective sections and finding writers for those stories (two stories a month, though more than two would, of course, be welcome.) Experience with editing is helpful, but not required.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/08/wide-island-view-seeks-editors/</link>
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		<title>Getting To Know Hiroshima-ken</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warning: After reading this article you may be so overwhelmed by the amount of awesome in Hiroshima that you'll never want to leave. So, if you're hoping to travel outside Japan, or even to other areas of Japan, we  recommend reading this article after you've already taken those trips.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/08/getting-to-know-hiroshima-ken/</link>
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		<title>Life After the B.O.E. 8/5/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to all the new JETs!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wideislandview.com/2010/08/life-after-the-b-o-e-8510/</link>
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