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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Mith242
Qatar should just cough up a little more money and buy the World Cup title. We all know FIFA would obviously go for it. Then we can all forget about the idea of moving the World Cup that year.
Posted in: FIFA plays God with winter World Cup talk
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Mith242
I can't deny there isn't any preservatives, not having seen the product. But I imagine pasteurization probably being one of the main factors of the shelf life.
While drinking fruit juice is better than a lot of other drinks. Relying on fruit juice for health reasons won't get you very far. Eating the actual fruit is where the health benefits actually lie. Not the best analogy, but it's like saying licking a carrot will make you healthier instead of actually eating the carrot.
Posted in: Berry fruit mix juice
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Mith242
You get the Japanese populace used to the idea of robots. Then later you simply throw foreigners in those stiff costumes to make them look like robots. Clearly the Japanese way of taking care of the xenophobia problem. If the foreigners can't speak Japanese very well, you simply blame it on a software problem.
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Mith242
It all depends on your mindset and what you're looking for. Zen can be much more philosophical than religious. But that doesn't mean it can't be rather religious as well. A lot of western Zen seems to focus more on the philosophical aspect of it.
As far as the comments on yoga, it can have the same 'fancy quasi religious talk' as well. It depends on what form of yoga you get into and how you approach it as well. Yoga is a part of Hinduism so it has it's religious aspects as well. But a lot of yoga that people come across now tends to have a lot of the more religious aspects watered down. Unless you live in India.
By the way I practice and appreciate both.
Posted in: Zazen: There’s never been a better time to try a spot of meditation
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Mith242
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Pakistan was formed as a result of religious bigotry in India. A friend of mine was a girl in India at the time and she recalls being at a station when a train full of Muslims fleeing to Pakistan arrived... the doors opened and every single man, woman and child had been slaughtered by Hindu extremists. It was genocide on a par with what happened to the Jews in Nazi Germany, but you don't see any genocide museums or sympathy for the Muslims, and they don't ask for any. > Yeah but look further back and you'll find that Muslims killed many Hindus when Islam first came into India as well. I'm not justifying what happened to your friend. But I also think you have to judge the whole event rather than the small part you mention.
Posted in: U.S. struggles with image in Pakistan
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Mith242
Didn't we go through all of this when we went to digital music? Some people insisted they had to have the cds physically in their hands. Just like I like having an iPod because now I don't have to worry about having a bunch of cds sitting around taking up space. The same with books. I'll still occasionally buy some books. But I also look forward to having the option to buy it digitally and not having to store more books.
Sure things can go wrong with a digital copy, but books aren't indestructible either. A little water can ruin a book and of course a fire. Digital files can become corrupted, but that's why I make back-ups. Haven't had a problem yet.
Posted in: E-reading: Revolution in the making or fading fad?
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Mith242
North Korea didn't get an apology because it's not really a country. I would call it a hostage situation at a three ring circus. Kim Jong-il is holding 24Mil people at gunpoint saying watch and see what crazy stunt I pull next.
Posted in: N Korea calls for Japanese apology, reparations for colonial rule
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Mith242
> We would never accept the Japanese putting up a sight next to Pearl Harbor. >
Really? Even if people of Japanese descent make up a majority of the Hawaiian population? So if you just happen to be of Japanese descent you're not allowed to do anything near Pearl Harbor?
While it's important to not forget the past, you shouldn't let the past blind you either. At some point people have to move on.
And for the subject on hand in the article. It would be nice if Americans had learned mistakes from their past and not make rash judgments by lumping an entire group of people together. Just like Americans thought they couldn't trust anyone of Japanese descent in WWII so they decided to throw them all into internment camps.
Perhaps it would be best if people actually learned something about a particular group of people before they start taking away their rights.
Posted in: Mosque talk another hurdle for Democrats
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Mith242
Some people obviously don't have a lot of respect for Japanese whiskeys. But just in the last couple of years I've seen more whiskey connoisseurs giving praise to Japanese whiskeys. Obviously some of the Japanese whiskeys are doing something right.
Posted in: U.S. consumers pushing beyond sake to Japanese whiskies
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Mith242
I've been hearing more and more good things about Japanese whiskey. Too bad it's so hard to find any in the area of the US that I live in.
Posted in: U.S. consumers pushing beyond sake to Japanese whiskies
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Mith242
Interesting composition.
Posted in: So many choices
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Mith242
Tokyochris, I really don't think the shot is HDR. If that was the case I think it would be a lot brighter overall. It's simply a long exposure shot with a small aperture setting.
Posted in: Kyoto riverside
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Mith242
Nice shot. The long exposure gives the water a nice smooth look. Then the small aperture gives the lights a nice 'starburst' effect. Both help turn what might have been a decent night shot into something that stands out.
Posted in: Kyoto riverside
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Mith242
Amazon will sell it but it won't be available till Feb 2011. At least for US residents.
Posted in: Japan Atlas A Bilingual Guide: 3rd Edition
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Mith242
They forgot to mention it also helps hide lots of income as well. We know what Panasonic is good at. : )
Posted in: Panasonic oven range
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Mith242
I agree with the others. It's not an HDR shot. The shot was taken on a tripod most likely, something stationary. The person in the center stayed still. The others had stopped where they were momentarily then moved. I've taken night shots similar to this one.
Posted in: Festival of Seaside Lights
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Mith242
Nice composition.
Posted in: Festival of Seaside Lights
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Mith242
Wow, very nice. I bet it smells wonderful as well.
Posted in: Purple patch
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Mith242
This is a pretty big stretch. All the buildings mentioned weren't communication towers but actual buildings. Lots of very tall communication towers have been built yet there isn't one reference to one of them being tied to a recession or depression.
Posted in: Will Tokyo Sky Tree's completion bring down 'skyscraper curse' on Japan?
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Mith242
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In some ways I can understand a depressed young person suddenly killing him or herself. But 19 and 22 going through this kind of detailed process is pretty sad.
So to anyone reading this who is considering suicide. I offer a reason to reconsider.
So with all these uncertain points, what makes a suicide person so sure that what ever comes next is better? Could very well be far, far worst.
So get help and find the courage to live. Death will come to you soon enough.
> I see what you are saying but just to nitpick. Science didn't think the earth was flat. A lot of ignorant people thought it was flat. A number of old civilizations realized the earth wasn't flat. But what the uneducated masses believe is a different story. Just look at today's society for example. The uneducated masses still believe a lot of stuff that disagrees with science.
Posted in: Internet posting leads to group suicide in Kobe