JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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- Business Teaching Positions - Part-time - Kanto Region
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥3,000 ~ ¥5,000 / Hour
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
She should've sought mental help...ROTFLMFBAO, wow! You've found a spot in Japan that has easily accessible, QUALITY mental health resources...do tell, where is it at? I NEVER claimed that TEPCO was the sole factor that contributed to her death, but I think her family would know what she was thinking far more than you or I. When I said she didn't use anything from TEPCO I was being facetious, sorry it went over your head. Her family isn't suing over anything that was used to kill herself, at least it's not stated in this piece. I do indeed understand the process, perhaps you didn't read my post as closely as you think you did.....you'll notice that I didn't say that I thought the husband would win his suit. Tmarie--she could've indeed have a history of mental illness, but as far as we know there is nothing stating she was suicidal before this incident...so could this incident not have been the exacerbating incident? Therefore, TEPCO should still be responsible for some percentage of her death, even if she did have some sort of previous mental illness.
Posted in: Man files lawsuit against TEPCO following wife's suicide
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Tmarie **** you are talking about two completely different things, as we the States...you can't compare apples & oranges. If someone choose to use a train as their method for committing suicide, then why would their family sue JR? But, you must be living in your own little EUTOPIA, if you think that TEPCO's irresponsible and negligent handling of Fukushima was not the factor that directly contributed to her death. She didn't use anything from TEPCO, although the radiation probably wasn't something that would contribute to her longevity.
Posted in: Man files lawsuit against TEPCO following wife's suicide
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Kwatt...I've never been shot at in my 37 years on the planet
Posted in: Japanese woman hit by NY police bullet gets escort to airport
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Faderkinta, I know what you mean. Right after I turned 18, I broke up a fight. A friend of mine was standing across the parking lot and she wanted to know what happened. Looking back at it we may not have made the "best" decision, but we started using ASL; apparently, the cop that was next to me must have thought I was throwing a gang sign. Next thing I know, I'm on the ground and everyone is yelling at the cops that I'd just had surgery. I had a plastic bag full of medication for my MS, and I'm totally freaking out; when we got to the police department and the person doing fingerprints heard my name, he didn't finish taking my prints. He starts telling me about how our dads had been on the police force together (my dad had a reserve deputy badge even though he'd already retired); suddenly, the cops all start being nice to me and they actually got my bag of meds and brought me a drink to take a pain med. I also know what it's like to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but that's what happens when you date a guy whose brother's in the Klan. Looking back at it, I totally understand why my parents told my sister and I never to go to the town he lived in, but I was young, dumb and...you know the rest of it, lol,. On 9/11, I lived across the street from a mosque; that Friday, I came home to 4 cop cars in front of my house, bomb threat. My husband and I had been busy trying to make sure all of our Muslim friends had the basic goods to survive, they couldn't go to the stores to get anything. Talking to the police made me realize that my girls looked just like all of their friends. I don't know how things will get better, people think that just because Obama is president all of the racism has been magically erased. If anything I think that it's gotten worse, now the racist feel justified in their racism because they don't want a black person telling them what to do. The most annoying part of it is that they've created all of these non-justified reasons for their racism, like Obama wasn't born in the US. I'd much rather someone be honest and say they don't want a bi-racial president.
Posted in: Black political group offers $10,000 for Florida teen's killer
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
@Yabits---Yes, we have talkings about other subjects...I test out a lot of my lesson plan ideas on them, the most recent involved the graphic novels Maus 1 &2, Barefoot Gen, Palestine, and the Contract w/God Trilogy.
Posted in: Black political group offers $10,000 for Florida teen's killer
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
And really, I don't care if Zimmerman is a racist or loves Black/African Americans.....no child, regardless of race, should be chased and fatally shot because they're walking back home with a bag of Skittles and an iced tea.
Posted in: Mass Florida rally held after black teen shot dead
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Lieberman2012----Lol, I wasn't being racist I was stating a fact....I'm Louisiana Creole, my mom's maiden name is French...just like my white relatives who were the slave owners. If they acknowlegde that at some point their relative(s), who would've been the plantation owners, went to the slave quarters which were generally smaller shacks behind the MUCH BIGGER home of the master and his family.....then who are you to deny that it happenend? Sailwind----the phrase fing coon, is not a term of endearment regardless of the persons race
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Well Lieberman, I am an American and I don't think that Zimmerman is guilty because he's a different race than his victim, anymore than I think my husband hates all black and African Americans because he's white. I do however think that Zimmerman is guilty, wait for it......because he shot a boy who was "packin'" A BAG OF SKITTLES AND AN ICED TEA....oh yeah, and because the POLICE TOLD HIM NOT TO CHASE TRAYVON. Apparently, you are the one who is in need of a dictionary. If someone is afraid that they are going to be killed, they don't chase after the person that they're "afraid of"....they do what Trayvon did, they try and run away and then when they person has hunted them done, as is the case with Zimmerman......they ask the person why they're following them, you guessed it.....like you can hear Trayvon doing on the 911 tape. I'm obviously not a member of the NBPP, pretty sure marrying my husband would ban me from being a member. Do I think they should have a bounty out for Zimmerman, no I don't. Is there a part of me that feels like he shouldn't be staying in a safe house, hell yeah there is. The part of me that always has to be observant of where I'm at, the part of me that's had "the talk" (as it's been called this week) with my daughter's. In case you didn't know the talk goes something like this: I know that we've taught you to never be mean to someone because of their race, religion, sexual and/or gender preferences, religion, ethnicity or physical ability.....my girls': duh mom, why would we do that....me: well, I want you to know that there are some people who will only see the "black" part of you when they look at you....there are people who won't like you just because of that, and you need to always keep that in the back of your head....you see, because they weren't raised that way they sometimes forget that there are people in the world who believe those things. But they have a grandma who sat at the back of the bus and was forced to drink warm water out of the water fountains, and they had a grandfather who was the first African American police officer in the town where we live. So they know that when my father first joined the force, the white officers didn't come back him up when he first started. They also know, that they are related to John Wilkes Booth (yep, the guy who killed the president who "freed" the slaves). They also know that what happened to Trayvon is wrong, not because my husband and I have said that to them, but because they know that a kid shouldn't get shot because he's walking home after buying a bag of Skittles and an iced tea. It's really sad that my 13 and 11 year olds are able to come to the conclusion that this situation should never have happenend, but some of the "adults" on here aren't able to come to that same conclusion. "An injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere"--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
It's so funny to read these comments, and I don't mean that it's humorous. The first comment mentioins that Ziimmerman is Hispanic, so there can't be any racism present.Guess you've never seen a person under the 6 point star (BGD's, Folks, Cripts) and a Latin King....plus, last time that I checked (all of my Spanish classes and friends), Zimmerman wasn't a Latino/a Sir name....so as we say, somebody was sneaking out to the back house (this refers to the master sleeping w/a slave). Secondly, I've read the transcipts of the 911 call...umm, last time I checked when someone said you don't need to follow him, that meant the police don't want you chasing after someone. Oh, and calling someone a COON IS A RACIST STATEMENT, it refers to the white people chasing the black person up a tree, like when you go coon hunting w/dogs...the black person was usually lynched. From my preceding statement, you might assume that I don't like people who are white or believe that everyone is racist towards Black and African Americans (and yes, these are two distinct groups)......well, you better tell that to my husband (a pale redhead). Next, we DON'T have an African American president....the term African American means someone whose ancestors were brought over from Africa as a slave.....and his mother is white. Unfortunately, there are way too many racist Americans and I believe that racism is much worse since the president was elected; perhaps it's not worse, but the racist are much more open with their opinions and it has become much more acceptable to act on said beliefs. BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE ULTIMATELY DECIDING FACTORS IN MY BELIEF THAT ZIMMERMAN SHOULD BE ARRESTED: The police told him DO NOT CHASE HIM.......it's NOT self defense if you chase someone down.
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
I love the comments that state Americans are all stupid; funny, I was always taught to paint a whole group of people in a negative manner because of the actions of a few was ignorant. I will stipulate that there are a number of ignorant people here, for example, directly above my post....why would the President call any of the teabaggers (their name, until the meaning was pointed out to them)? Many of the people who are in the Tea Party, don't even want to acknowledge that he's an American citizen...Personally, I don't think any of the women should called these names, regardless of their party affiliation.
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Sorry, but I am so glad that they aren't serving them here......I did try many things while I was in Japan, and while I could tolerate tuna before I went, I haven't been able to eat it after partaking of it so many times :-P
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
I'll admit it, there was a big sarcastic WTF....when I read how Japan had avoided a disaster as bad as Chernobyl.....Did I fall into a coma, enter a time warp and during that time none of the fuel rods at Fukushima melted? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Posted in: Future of nuclear power brighter than ever, despite Fukushima
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Wow...and how is this cement going to be made so that it's earthquake and tsunami proof??? What I don't understand, is how all of the other countries in the world are also able to act like this leaking radiation is no big deal....smh
Posted in: TEPCO to cement 73,000 sq meters of seabed off Fukushima
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Samantha, none of my daughters were placed in the nursery at the hospital (I've got Multiple Sclerosis, so I had to have hospital deliveries). All of them slept in our room and were breastfed. When my youngest was born my hormones did get out of whack, not in a way that caused me to want to hurt her. I did however develop terrible anxiety that she would need me and I would be asleep, literally going for several days without any sleep. Luckily for me, I'm married to a therapist and he realized that my hormones were out of whack and got me into the doctor.
****>CrazyJoeFEB. 14, 2012 - 03:15AM JST Infanticide (killing of a baby less than 1 year old) in Japan is extremely rare in Japan now considering the population. 27 babies were killed in 2005.
When I mentioned the high rate of depression, I wasn't intending to say that women were killing their babies. I meant to say that there are a lot of people who are depressed. When I was there mental health issues were generally ignored.
Posted in: Woman arrested over murder of 5-month-old son in Kobe
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
KobeGal---I completely agree with you. I'm not saying that it's right for her to have killed her child, but it sounds very much like postpartum depression to me. I hate to state the obvious, but Japan has a high suicide rate. And Maria, before you ask where I got this idea from let me first say, simply search this site for the key term 33,000 suicide's a year in Japan, the rekishi (death by train suicides that frequently occur here). There isn't really a very good mental healthcare system in Japan, this statement is based on the attempts at recruiting my husband who's a therapist, and one of his co-workers who actually took a position in Japan. Again, I am NOT excusing her behavior....
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Serrano, thank you (-8
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
I have Multiple Sclerosis, and all I can say is that the muscle spasms are HORRIBLE! Plus, there are times when my body burns from it and the meds that are available now barely help. It's like a cycle sometimes, you can be exhausted and try to sleep but then the muscles spasms start and you wake up all over again. It's hard to remember what life was like before all of the pain (I got MS at 17), but I'd be willing to do almost anything to a few pain free hours.
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Opps, Kirsten...spellcheck
Posted in: Japan, U.S. discussing revised plan for relocating Marines from Okinawa
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
Don't get me wrong, I totally get that the US has a way of overstaying their welcome...but, it's not like main land Japanese are all that nice to the people of Okinawa, either. And, I do seem to recall humanitarian effort being made by the US after 3/11. Kristen, I totally agree that a Coral Reef should NOT be filled in. However, the lovely gifts from Fukushima really aren't helping the cause...just saying.
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Kamala Brown-Sparks
My heat aches, just reading about these Coast Guard members.....how horrible to be in a situation where a "good" day, is finding the body of a missing person.....
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