Why did I meet Portland Madam?

Portland welcomes contactless ticketing
http://www.metro-report.com/news/technology/single-view/view/portland-welcomes-contactless-ticketing.html

About 3 weeks ago, I met a madam from Portland. The reason why I had a chance to speak to her was that she didn't know how to go somewhere in Tokyo and asked me the way.
She talked about the red line of Portland, inside of which most of the people are allowed to live ,and outside of which people working in agriculture can live.
Its purpose is to make the city compact.

Owing to its policy?, Portland tram can cover the portion of transportation to an extent ,and can afford to install this system?

Why is he making enemies?

President Trump says that the government will not 'accept or allow' transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. military
https://twitter.com/spectatorindex

It may cause two disasters.
The one is that it will accerelate discrimination against LGBT.
The other one is that current military men who are in charge of hardest serivice may declare that they are transgender to flee from military service.

We have to be careful of radical politicians who are seeking "common enemies" to share emotion with general people.
In this case, transgender became the common enemy for Trump.

Why isn't that dictatorship criticized?

Controversial Singaporean graphic novel wins 'Oscars' of comic world
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/25/arts/sonny-liew-eisner-singapore/index.html

I guess why few people criticize dictatorship of People's Action Party, the Singaporean party in power, is that richness of almost all the people in Singapore are not prevented by the political system.
Singapore has grown up economically and has been recognised as the would's safest place under the current regime.

So, there is not a reason to blame the system. But, if the party begins oppression against citizens, it's not the case.

Why complimentary inflight meal is declining?

Watch your waste: The problem with airline food and packaging
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airlines-cabin-waste/index.html

Pre-order system would be effective, if it's done on short distance flights with cheap meals.
What do you think, if airline carrers want to sell food on board with rip-off prices?
Some people may bring foods which are available with less money. Then, total weight of each airplane would be heavier than usual.

So, the best way to make airplane lighter is to install pre-order system, and to serve it with cheap enough to discourage passengers to bring food onto flight.

台湾の鉄道駅別乗降客数ランキング(List of busiest train stations in Taiwan)

※数字は一日あたりです。データは基本的に2016年のものです。乗客数しか分からない駅は乗車人数を倍にして乗降客数を表しています。
※Data is on daily basis,and is basically collected in 2016. If there aren't data of the number of alighting passengers, the number of ridership is calculated by doubling the number of riding passengers.

Rank/順位	Station(English)	駅名(日本語)	ppl/乗降客数	footnote/脚注
1st	Taipei	台北	523,066
2nd	Banqiao	板橋	143,750
3rd	Ximen	西門	142,859
4th	City Hall(Taipei)	市政府(台北)	117,397
5th	Kaohsiung	高雄	104,143
6th	Zhongxiao Fuxing	忠孝復興	98,316
7th	Xinzuoying	新左営	96,286
8th	Tamsui	淡水	79,592
9th	Xinpu	新埔	78,865
10th	Zhongshan(Taipei)	中山(台北)	76,866
11th	Zhongxiao Dunhua	忠孝敦化	75,543
12th	Jiantan	剣潭	74,521
13th	Songshan(Taipei)	松山(台北)	73,814
14th	Nanjing Fuxing	南京復興	72,826
15th	Dingxi	頂溪	72,811
16th	Songjiang Nanjing	松江南京	71,701
17th	Zhongxiao Xinsheng	忠孝新生	66,922
18th	Xinwuri(HSR Taizhong)	新鳥日(高鐵台中)	66,020	Sum of TRA and HSR
19th	Guting	古亭	64,775
20th	Gongguan	公館	63,985
21st	Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall	中正記念堂	62,694
22nd	Shipai	石牌	62,156
23rd	Taipei 101/World Trade Center	台北101/世貿	61,028
24th	Longshan Temple	龍山寺	59,323
25th	Shilin	士林	58,249
26th	Taoyuan(TRA)	桃園(台鉄)	58,111
27th	Zhongli	中壢	57,240
28th	Fuzhong	府中	56,582
29th	Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center	南港展覧館	55,593
30th	Xingtian Temple	行天宮	54,919
31st	Yongan Market	永安市場	53,810
32nd	Taizhong(TRA)	台中(台鉄)	53,734
33rd	Tainan(TRA)	台南(台鉄)	53,051
34th	Yuanshan	圓山	52,888
35th	Dongmen	東門	51,560
36th	Jiangzicui	江子翠	51,560
37th	Jingan	景安	49,713
38th	Minquan West Road	民権西路	49,109
39th	Zhishan	芝山	46,902
40th	Taipei Arena	台北小巨蛋	46,601
41st	NTU Hospital	台大醫院	46,326
42nd	Shandao Temple	善導寺	44,322
43rd	Shuanglian	双連	44,261
44th	Nanjing Sanmin	南京三民	44,148
45th	Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Station	国父記念館	43,996
46th	Daan	大安	43,056
47th	Hsinchu(TRA)	新竹(台鉄)	42,806
48th	Nanshijiao	南勢角	42,542
49th	Haishan	海山	41,993
50th	Dapinglin	大坪林	41,426
51st	Far Eastern Hospital	亜東医院	40,537

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韓国の鉄道駅別乗降客数ランキング(List of busiest train stations in South Korea, 한국철도역의 승하 객수 랭킹)

※数字は一日あたりです。データは基本的に2015年のものです。乗客数しか分からない駅は乗車人数を倍にして乗降客数を表しています。

※Data is on daily basis,and is basically collected in 2015. If there aren't data of the number of alighting passengers, the number of ridership is calculated by doubling the number of riding passengers.

Rank/순위/順位	Station	역명	駅名	ppl/승하 객수/乗降客数	Info/각주/脚注
1st	Seoul	서울	ソウル	310,089	(If including through trains)636,722
2nd	Gangnam	강남	江南駅	223,554
(3rd)	(Namtaeryeong)	(남태령)	(南泰嶺)	(2,158)	((If including through trains)210,644)
3rd	Hongik Univ.	홍대입구	弘大入口	202,375
4th	Jamsil	잠실	蚕室	182,891
5th	Express Bus Terminal	고속터미널	高速ターミナル	178,565
6th	Sindorim	신도림	新道林	163,372
7th	Sadang	사당	舎堂	156,173
8th	Dangsan	당산	堂山	145,478
9th	Jongno 3(sam)-ga	종로3가	鍾路3街	142,254
10th	Seolleung	선릉	宣陵	140,602
11th	Konkuk Univ.	건대입구	建大入口	132,817
12th	Gimpo Int'l Airport	김포공항	金浦空港	129,401
13th	Guro Digital Complex	구로디지털단지	九老デジタル団地	127,824
14th	Seomyeon	서면	西面	124,596
15th	Yeongdeungpo	영등포	永登浦	124,523
16th	Samseong	삼성	三成	120,070
17th	Noryangjin	노량진	鷺梁津	116,918
18th	Suwon	수원	水原	115,043
19th	Gasan Digital Complex	가산디지털단지	加山デジタル団地	109,762
20th	Seoul Nat'l Univ.	서울대입구	ソウル大入口	106,872
21st	Bucheon	부천	富川	105,800
22nd	Yeonsinnae	연신내	ヨンシンネ	105,727
23rd	Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education(Seoul)	교대(서울)	教大(ソウル)	105,279
24th	Sinchon(Seoul Metro)	신촌(서울메트로)	新村(ソウルメトロ)	104,854
25th	Gangbyeon	강변	江辺	102,791
26th	Euljiro 1(il)-ga	을지로입구	乙支路入口	102,628
27th	Bupyeong	부평	富平	100,464
28th	Cheongnyangni	청량리	清凉里	99,161
29th	Nowon	노원	蘆原	97,087
30th	City Hall(Seoul)	시청(서울)	市庁(ソウル)	97,257

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Why do we have to work harder?

Japan stadium worker's suicide was 'death by overwork' say parents 

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-tokyo-stadium-death-idUKKBN1A51C6

I've heard that many Japanese people in 50's had worked more than 200 hours of overtime per month, and most of them were not paid.
After the issue of overtime working unveiled, most of the companies have been paying attention to comply labor law and urge employees to restrict overtime work.
But, among construction companies, it seems to be common to violate the law.
I guess the reason is that many people from gangsters are engaged in construction companies. they don't feel sorry for ignoring the labor law.

I think that labor unions should focus on monitoring dubious companies like this.