JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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JohnBecker
Actually, it seems more like the media are trying to use race to distract the public from Obama's failings.
(Full disclosure: I voted for the guy and believed he could really do some of the things he said he would do. He and the Democrats have proved to be (to speak in the vernacular) just a bunch of pussies. They don't have the guts to stand up and follow though on the policy positions that got him elected. Big disappointment.)
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JohnBecker
@PerigrineSmythe: manners, civility, common courtesy and thoughtfulness make it much easier for people to live together, whether it's in Podunk or the most densely populated metropolis in the world.
Manners are certainly part of everyday life in Japan. Maybe not the same manners as where you or I come from, but manners nonetheless.
Unrelated: I'm sure I'm not the only one here who remembers "Gallant and Goofus" from Highlights magazine...
Posted in: Do you think a man holding a door open for a woman, holding her chair for her when she sits down, or giving up his seat for her are outmoded gestures of politeness or do they still have their place in today's society?
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JohnBecker
It's possible that this is a single exposure. The high or low definition of the "ghosts" is just a function of how long they stood still during quite a lengthy exposure (the depth of field is too great for this to have been shot with a wide-open aperture).
It's also possible that it's a 2-shot composite. The black area of the trees would make a good "seam", because it would be black in both shots. I think this is the more likely scenario.
I strongly doubt that this is a multi-exposure HDR. (Two shots composited does not an HDR make.)
Posted in: Festival of Seaside Lights
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JohnBecker
Did she get her pitch over the plate?
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JohnBecker
If the script is as awkwardly written as the title, the audience is in for a fun time...
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JohnBecker
Two good goals were stolen from the U.S. during the group games, indisputably. Their complaints were measured and reasonable, and then they let it go. They still made it out of the group.
Overstating things a bit. I think the world game is gaining popularity here in the States. It's moving from the level of no more than an international curiosity to something closer to the Olympics - stirring a bit of interest every 4 years. But it's unlikely to move beyond that unless U.S. pro soccer gets better and stirs more interest. We can't rely on the Premier League or La Liga to do it.
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JohnBecker
When I'm in Tokyo, I stay in Kayabacho. That means NEX from Tokyo Station or the bus from TCAT for me.
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JohnBecker
There's nothing better than going for an early breakfast at the noodle shop around the corner from my regular hotel in Tokyo, wearing jeans and sneakers, and rubbing shoulders with salarymen in suits who have nothing but the office to look forward to that day. ;-)
I love getting started early in the day when I'm on vacation. I can sleep when I get home.
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JohnBecker
The UAW was important for American auto workers back in the '30s and '40s. It got them better working condiitons and wages. But through the '50s, '60s and '70s, they went overboard with demands, and the car companies buckled. And then they couldn't compete with companies making better cars for the same money, just because they weren't being extorted by the UAW.
No puzzle here - Toyota (and Honda, and Nissan, and all the other foreign companies with plants in the U.S.) will close plants before it allows the UAW in.
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JohnBecker
Basic scientific research has always been a tough sell, precisely because it doesn't necessarily produce immediate or easily understood results. But the constant expansion of knowledge is vital. It's what keeps science going forward.
MaxPower, no one is saying that food, medicine, environment, race relations, etc., aren't important. They deserve all the funding they can get. Basic research gets a much smaller piece of the pie than any of the above, and I would argue that it also deserves all the funding it can get.
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JohnBecker
Apects: - good point about the lenses. Some (or maybe all) of the Lumix cameras have Zeiss lenses and benefit greatly. Another point to consider is the size of the image sensor. These little point-and-shoots will always be compromised by cramming so many pixel sites (megapixels) into a limited space.
Posted in: Little Canons
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JohnBecker
That's gotta be a big night for him - a win at the Garden is huge in any boxing career.
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JohnBecker
Strikes me as kinda expensive for a pretty pedestrian camera.
Posted in: Little Canons
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JohnBecker
I think people all over the world generally wish for a quick, painless death, if they think about it at all. I'm not certain that we need a single word, borrowed or otherwise, to describe this sentiment. Unless and until a word and its accompanying concept organically gain exposure and comprehension in other cultures, I don't think any amount of single-handed promotion can make it happen.
Posted in: Praying for a 'pokkuri' moment: No muss, no fuss
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JohnBecker
Keep in mind that Sony's philosophy extends to more than just video games - the VCR, the CD, etc... getting the hardware into the market was the key to getting people to buy in. Also, Sony and Philips opted not to charge a license fee for other companies' sales of tape cassettes and CDs.
This isn't to say that one philosophy trumps the other. Both have obviously worked.
Posted in: Nintendo Magic
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JohnBecker
A waste? What could be wasteful about fireworks? Would you rather have the municipalities spend that money on more concrete?
I'll never understand people who can't just enjoy something so beautiful. Not happy unless you're complaining?
Posted in: Fireworks finale
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JohnBecker
Thanks to Mr. Hadfield for a wonderfully written review. When so many "reviews" are no more than book reports, Mr. Hadfield gives us insight into the characters and plot without falling back on "he did this, then she did that..."
Posted in: The Maid
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JohnBecker
Apple should just give the iPads to the airline - it gets the device in front of lots of people who would never have thought about buying one and might generate a few sales.
goddog: a co-worker just got one a couple of weeks ago and says that the battery life is fantastic - it can last a complete day of constant use when fully chanrged.
Posted in: Jetstar to trial iPad for in-flight entertainment
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JohnBecker
I dunno... go to Lotteria with 2 or 3 friends, order one and split it up. Good for a laugh, and you get to tell everyone, "I ordered a Tower Burger today."
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JohnBecker
That woman is the very embodiment of kawaii.
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