JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
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- Full-time English Teacher - Osaka
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- Salary: ¥200,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month Depending on your ability and experience
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- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥10,000 ~ ¥15,000 / Day Depending on how many days a week are worked
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Mark_McCracken
Wouldn't stress more likely cause psychological trauma, rather than physical trauma?
Posted in: More than 1,000 dead birds fall from sky over Arkansas town
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Mark_McCracken
If the birds showed physical trauma, wouldn't that rule out dieing from stress?
Posted in: More than 1,000 dead birds fall from sky over Arkansas town
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Mark_McCracken
Generally? Yes, but only because I have flown a variety of airlines, including many based in Asia, which have far better service than United.
Posted in: Are you satisfied with the service the airline industry generally delivers on planes and at airports?
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Mark_McCracken
Some.
Posted in: How much attention do you think drivers in Japan pay to child safety seats or making sure their kids wear seat belts when they are in cars?
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Mark_McCracken
I am glad to see the widow has three lawyers. Hopefully they will aggressively pursue compensation and call for criminal prosecution of the officers involved. Ideally, that will put pressure on other police departments to improve what appears to be a tragic lack of officer training.
Posted in: Lawyer's widow disputes police version of husband's murder
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Mark_McCracken
The Mos Burger near me was delivering at least 2 years ago. If your seating area is already full, and you're turning away customers, delivery service might make sense financially. Motor bike fee, gasoline, insurance, and labor cost for the delivery staff. In exchange, you get extra sales, and some advertising, without the cost of additional seating.
Posted in: McDonald's starts home delivery from one outlet on trial basis
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Mark_McCracken
My understanding was that there were no Shinkansen crossings - that Shinkansen lines either went over or under roads, not across them.
Posted in: Suicides can run up a posthumous bundle
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Mark_McCracken
She is a gaijin. They all are.
A what?
Posted in: Santa's here
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Mark_McCracken
Digital metronomes have been around since I was a kid, so that's at least 25 years. Is being able to remember previous settings particularly important? It's just a number of beats per minute, after all. If you wait long enough between uses for the batteries to run out, isn't it equally likely that you'd forget which song you were playing the last time you used it?
Posted in: Digital metronome
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Mark_McCracken
Supposedly, cell phones can interfere with pacemakers, so they are banned from use in the priority seats. That's the rationale, anyway.
Posted in: 70,000 commuters delayed by quarrel over cell phone on train in Chiba
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Mark_McCracken
How can one person give an "all-star" performance?
Did she participate in a competition of some kind?
Posted in: Kylie Minogue to tour Japan in April
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Mark_McCracken
Bad lighting.
Posted in: Wi-fi taxi
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Mark_McCracken
No, there shouldn't be. The primary purpose of the FAA is to insure safety, security and efficiency of airline travel. Marsh St. Clair's problem should be handled by the courts. She, and other consumers should complain to the airline, ask for a refund for failure to provide the seat space that was specified in the contract. If they refuse, sue. The FAA has more important things to worry about.
Posted in: How should airlines handle obese passengers?
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Mark_McCracken
Do you remember meeting my uncle?
Posted in: If you could meet U.S. President Barack Obama while he is in Japan this week, but only had time for one question, what would you ask him?
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Mark_McCracken
Sensational, misleading headline highlights only half of the story.
Posted in: Alcohol more lethal than heroin, cocaine: study
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Mark_McCracken
The question is poorly worded. Communication on networking sites is primarily in writing, so slander is less likely than libel. So "no" to slander. Being bullied? I vote "yes". The question asks, "bullied or slandered", not "bullied and slandered" so I vote "yes". The poor wording of the question makes the voting results meaningless.
Posted in: Do social networking sites such as Facebook make it easier for people to be bullied or slandered?
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Mark_McCracken
Wow, tough crowd.
Posted in: A Hooter here and a Hooter there
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Mark_McCracken
Good find, JT.
Posted in: Just-add-water Christmas tree
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Mark_McCracken
Was it necessary to locate the tower in Tokyo, where land prices are expensive, and there are many high-rise buildings? Wouldn't some rural part of Japan have been cheaper, and with fewer high-rise buildings?
Posted in: Tokyo Sky Tree mascot Sorakara-chan introduced
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Mark_McCracken
Tokyoguy, thanks for the review. It's a shame you went at lunch and couldn't enjoy a frosty mug of cord beer.
Posted in: A Hooter here and a Hooter there