JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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Mark_McCracken
30 years in advertising, 5 years with the company, yet the problem here isn't obvious? Nope, they need time to "study" it.
I'll stick with Toyoko Inn.
Posted in: The spirit of hospitality
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Mark_McCracken
Smith, having spent some time in Arizona, I can assure you that some people do in fact open carry handguns. I never saw anyone with an assault rifle on their back, though.
Posted in: Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest
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Mark_McCracken
Report what? The government already granted them open-carry permits.
Posted in: Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest
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Mark_McCracken
Skip - The man carrying the assault rifle appears to be neither fat, nor old, nor white.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/obama.protest.rifle/
Posted in: Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest
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Mark_McCracken
Sorry - yet not allow
Posted in: Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest
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Mark_McCracken
It would be difficult allow some people the opportunity to exercise their rights to free speech in a public location at a given time, yet now allow other people the opportunity to exercise their (legally granted) rights to bear arms in the same location, at the same time. Obama was inside and the open carrying protesters were outside. The Secret Service obviously allowed/tolerated it. What exactly is the harm here that would be justify temporarily denying citizens previously legally granted rights?
Posted in: Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest
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Mark_McCracken
It's obvious: No Safety Dance.
Posted in: Mystery sign
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Mark_McCracken
It's somewhat silly to ask people if they support "the ban", without saying specifically what ban, in what country you are referring to. My stance? I believe people should feel free to exercise whatever rights they have been granted by their respective governments. Additionally, people should follow the law.
Posted in: In some countries, there is a ban on adults and children wearing religious clothing and symbols such as burqas, veils, head scarves, skullcaps, turbans and crucifixes in public places like schools, recreational facilities and so on. What's your stance?
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Mark_McCracken
Well, it would depend on the country, and the rights of citizens in that country, and the laws of each country.
Posted in: In some countries, there is a ban on adults and children wearing religious clothing and symbols such as burqas, veils, head scarves, skullcaps, turbans and crucifixes in public places like schools, recreational facilities and so on. What's your stance?
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Mark_McCracken
Didn't they have two dogs?
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Mark_McCracken
To paraphrase Voltaire, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." It's a sad day when anyone is put in jail for exercising free speech.
Posted in: Holocaust denier begins jail term in Australia
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Mark_McCracken
USJ had a similar water parade, with sprinklers and kids with water pistols, but it was canceled today, I kid you not, because of rain.
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Mark_McCracken
I'm not sure what to make of this. Reported elsewhere on the internet, "From July 1998 through December 2008, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed over 21,000 dogs, cats, and other "companion animals."...On its 2002 federal income-tax return, PETA claimed a $9,370 write-off for a giant walk-in freezer, the kind most people use as a meat locker or for ice-cream storage. But animal-rights activists don't eat meat or dairy foods. And during a 2007 criminal trial, a PETA manager (testifying under oath) confirmed the obvious -- that the group uses the appliance to store the bodies of its victims."" (source: petakillsanimals.com/petasdirtysecret.cfm)
Posted in: Saving the planet
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Mark_McCracken
Stick to the speech. Read the teleprompter. Stay on message. Don't deviate from the speaking points.
"The police behaved stupidly" probably cost Obama 2 or 3 approval points and distracted from his health care message. Even Jon Stewart was making fun of Obama.
Posted in: Obama, Gates, policeman pledge to try and move on
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Mark_McCracken
These two statements seem to contradict each other.
Posted in: Rail company workers have to pass the smile test
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Mark_McCracken
Stay awake the entire night before the flight. Get to the airport exhausted. Board. Ear plugs. Nytol. Sleep about 8 hours on the plane. Get to location. Sleep when night comes to the new location. Next day, I'm fine.
Posted in: What do you do to overcome jet lag?
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Mark_McCracken
This is most likely the country-themed costume, which tend to be both representative of ones nation as well as, you know, sexy. Google 1st Runner Up Kurara Chibana's and Miss Universe Riyo Mori's country costumes for comparison. They are somewhat similar.
Posted in: Reach for the Universe
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Mark_McCracken
Smith: I was in BK Shinjuku on a Sunday about a year ago. Ran into a group of well-dressed middle aged men. One had a laptop with a BK desktop, so I figured these were the execs. I was right. Looking at their pictures, I'm pretty sure one was the CEO of BK Japan. Anyway, after my Double Whopper with cheese, I sheepishly walk over to their table, "Sumimasen". They all stop talking and give me a WTF look, and I say, "Burger King ga Osaka ni kurun des ka?" The guy's face changes to a mixture of pride and surprise at being recognized and says "Rai nen, tabun rainen." That was last year so perhaps they'll put something into one of the new buildings going up in Osaka this year.
Posted in: Burger King adds 'angry' burger to Japan menu
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Mark_McCracken
Cruel of JapanToday to cover what looks to be a delicious burger, but is only available in the Kanto area.
Posted in: Burger King adds 'angry' burger to Japan menu
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Mark_McCracken
Ah, that explains why she attended. I knew there was a connection.
Posted in: 2012