<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes. I have also responded to Moti or asked a specific question. He always responded right away. <div><br></div><div>Moti takes the news from print and spoken media, translates it into English with some witty pithy comments and provides us with a lot of news that has not yet hit the English mainstream. His fluency in Japanese gives us info that we would not otherwise get. He and John Gunning are my main sources for info, analysis and informed opinion on a very timely basis. Kudos also to Gaijingai who scours the web for articles of interest for us. </div><div><br></div><div>For those of you who have not been on this list forever:</div><div>There used to be a lot of sniping, derision and generally rude comments and responses to some of our more erudite and fervent contributors. That used to use a lot of ML bandwidth on a wonderful platform that Joe Klemmer so kindly hosts. There was a lot of back and forth banter and discussion, but some of it became mean and personal. Some of us stopped contributing and remained generally silent. </div><div><br></div><div>Just my 2 yen.</div><div><br></div><div>Barbara Ann </div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 20, 2021, at 4:00 AM, Jezz <jejima@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Yes, Moti is the only contributor - but I sometimes reply to him, and will always get a response.<div><br></div><div>I concur with Gaijingai that Moti's list is superb.</div><div><br></div><div>Jejima</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 02:18, R. Brown <<a href="mailto:brownro214@gmail.com">brownro214@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Jeff,<div><br></div><div>Jejima said Moti was the only contributor. I assume that means it is a one-way operation and there is no back and forth discussion?</div><div><br></div><div>Kodaiyama</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 7:12 PM Jeffrey Anderson <<a href="mailto:jpaitv@gmail.com" target="_blank">jpaitv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">My good man, Moti’s sumo mail list is superb! Moti is most always first with the news. I asked him three years ago how many people were subscribed to it. 600! And now I hear that it’s in the thousands. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Gaijingai</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:43 AM R. Brown <<a href="mailto:brownro214@gmail.com" target="_blank">brownro214@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Doesn’t sound that interesting.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 9:34 AM Jezz <<a href="mailto:jejima@gmail.com" target="_blank">jejima@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Moti has his own sumo mailing list - where he is the only contributor.<div><br></div><div>Jejima</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 14:31, R. Brown <<a href="mailto:brownro214@gmail.com" target="_blank">brownro214@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Barb, did you pick this up from Moti’s YouTube channel or the sumo forum? I commented on one of his videos to ask why he didn’t post the mailing list. He said he didn’t know the list was still operating.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Exciting news nevertheless.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kodaiyama </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 9:13 AM Barbara Ann <<a href="mailto:barbara.a.klein@gmail.com" target="_blank">barbara.a.klein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This makes me very happy! And it is not April Fool's Day.<br>
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Moti writes:<br>
It's not totally official yet, but the YDC convened and unanimously approved Terunofuji's promotion to Yokozuna so now it's just a formality - Congratulations to Terunofuji - what a story..<br>
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